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Today’s Health Friday is a Holiday Exchange for ideas, recipes, “life hacks”, “this is what my grandmother did when the family had a cold”, exercise hints, and so on, related to building and maintaining sound general health and a strong immune system. Advice and information from readers regarding items from Western medicine, Homeopathy, Naturopathic Medicine, Herbal medicines, Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, folk and traditional medicine, “Let thy food be thy medicine” recipes, personal experiences, “these are what I take on a daily basis”, books and articles, and the like — all are welcome. So, grab a cup of coffee or tea, come on over by the Christmas tree, and let’s exchange health ideas gifts!
To start the exchange rolling, Yours Truly provides the following:
“My Aunt Mary’s Daily Tonic“
Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar; 1 Tablespoon honey; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; a sprinkle of cinnamon; 1/3 cup very hot (not boiling) water.
Method: Muddle the apple cider vinegar, the honey, the lemon juice, and the cinnamon in a glass. Add the very hot water and stir gently. Drink as soon as it cools down just a little. (Please don’t “quaff” the mixture — take it in sips. I think cider vinegar tonic is tough to take all at once!)
My late Aunt Mary drank this tonic for decades. She believed that it “cleaned the intestines.” Well, it must have been beneficial for her — she lived to be 96 years old. I will say that I change the amounts of the first three ingredients when I prepare the mixture to: 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar; 2 teaspoons honey; 1 teaspoon lemon juice (the cinnamon amount and the water amount remain the same.) I suspect that this tonic is / was, probably used by many other people, and is known by various names. My Aunt Mary also used a fabulous, easy recipe for baked salmon and peas (her mother was from County Mayo), which I remember eating but I don’t have the recipe. She firmly believed that eating salmon could cure or prevent many diseases.
Websites:
https://covid19criticalcare.com/get-started/ (this is the Resources links page for FLCCC.)
Free ebook on COVID-19 “vaccine” toxicity: https://doctors4covidethics.org/mrna-vaccine-toxicity/ (this free ebook is available in English, and in several other languages.)
For Ivermectin: https://reynoldmeds.com/
Ivermectin Dosage Chart:
For comprehensive COVID-19 spike detox:
https://dspiked.com/ NOTE: This product contains Shilijit (Shilijat) and also Ginko Biloba. Both of these can cause significant interactions with prescription drugs for diabetes, for blood clotting, and for other health issues. Please search www.webmd.com/ for Shilijat and for Ginko Biloba, and read the “Side Effects“, “Precautions“, and “Interactions” sections for these items.
https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/ (Click on “Dr. McCullough Link Tree” at the top of the main web page for information on health products.)
https://covid19criticalcare.com/treatment-protocols/
Books:
Where There is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook, David Werner, et al. (any edition.)
Where There is No Dentist, Murray Dickson.
Vintage editions of Baby and Child Care, (very vintage editions are called The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care) by Dr. Benjamin Spock, MD. (Yours Truly used a vintage edition of this book “back in the day.” I recall that there were some interesting practical suggestions, such as, how to make “emergency baby formula” if someone with an infant was stranded somewhere and waiting for evacuation and/or had no access to either a doctor or to baby supplies.)
Yours Truly sends warm Holiday Greetings to one and all. Here’s to healthy, strong New Year 2025!
Peace, Good Energy, Respect: PAVACA
Interesting tonic recipe. The only one I know of is stronger, with Becherovka herbal liqueur + lemon juice + honey. It helps to calm a cough, and the herbs might have a healing effect.
TheseTruths
Thank you. I believe there is a real role to play for “medicinal cordial” products like Becherovka.
The Vermont Country Store, Amazon, and other websites sell a kind of cider-vinegar-based liquid under various names, like “Vim & Vigor”, for almost $30 a quart bottle (!).
“Celebratory frog memes”
Some days I swear I look in the mirror and I look green.
And many days over the last four years it has not been easy, being green.
No kidding! I loved this so much when I was a kid:
It’s funny that you mention “emergency formula” from Dr. Spock. There are so many things that people have forgotten how to do.
One that comes to mind is ORT, for which some back information is necessary. I happened upon it when hearing of some backwater where cholera killed hundreds of people……except…..cholera actually doesn’t kill people — it causes dehydration, which kills people. So long as you can maintain hydration while your body’s immune system rallies around and eliminates the pathogen, it’s survivable.
Which leads to Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) [ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy ]. It contains salt, sugar, potassium salt, and sodium citrate, and may be available in premixed packets.
Looks similar to Gatorade. I’ve seen recipes for a homemade version.
TheseTruths
Yes, I think ORT is very close to the original Gatorade product (which I believe was water + lemon juice + sugar + some salt?)
There are important differences, but Gatorade (even modern) is better than ignoring dehydration.
That’s no joke. I’ve been hospitalized twice in my life for flu, and both times it was because I was dehydrated. I needed I.V. fluids, because I couldn’t keep anything down.
At one point I saw a paper talking about rice water. You boil rice in a lot of water until you have a liquid, then cool. Rice will literally grab the bacteria and move it out of your system.
The paper of course has since been memory holed…
Hee, Hee, Hee
YANDEX had it as the FIRST offering. TAKE THAT GOOGLE!
Effect of boiled-rice feeding in childhood cholera on clinical outcome
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Given what we know about sugar, I wanted to look at this paper more closely:
Rice-ORS versus glucose-ORS in management of severe cholera due to Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal: a randomized, controlled clinical trial
VS
Rice-based oral rehydration solution decreases the stool volume in acute diarrhoeaA M Molla, S M Ahmed, W B Greenough 3rd
If, as I originally read, rice actually helps clear the bacteria from the body, a study using tetracycline to kill the bacteria, will show no difference.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Finally found something but it is a tough read.
Physico-chemical properties of different kind of rice water and their effect on diarrhoea causing bacteria and dandruff causing fungi
CONCLUSION
I can live with a little rice a day.
But can you live with a big rice?
IOW, is there room on the plate for a big rice?
[come on … just smile] 🙂
31 days, 11 hours, 31 minutes until our Once and Future President is restored to his rightful office.
Not that I’m counting, mind you.
Patrick Byrne:
https://twitter.com/PatrickByrne/status/1869854603271077956
Excellent!!
Thank God.
Those emojs are a great addition for a time like this!
Not found here. Likely my laptop.
I couldn’t see ’em either.
Then I did a refresh and they were jumpin’ and jivin’ in Gail’s comment after it picked up her edit.
I don’t see anything to get real happy about. A contempt conviction technically has no effect on the underlying charge(s).
As far as bond or bail is concerned, I thought she is in prison right now serving her sentence. Am I wrong about that?
I think so. I’m not familiar with all the details.
That is GREAT news!
Matt Gaetz:
That would be to bad, 🤣🤣🤣 please make it happen.
I love that he’s upping the fear factor for the bastards. stir that pot Matt!
scared people make mistakes.
Perfect start to my day…DOGE slashing AND congress crims apoplectic.
Given that apoplectic can mean stroked-out, we may be getting a few openings in Congress early next year!
2025 looking better and better.
There’s a real risk here.
Upset enough of them and they won’t just impeach him…which is just routine nowadays…they will actually convict in the Senate and remove him from office. This will be in the spirit of bipartisan cooperation.
And then do the same to Vance.
….and then decorate lampposts.
Given what happened to peaceful protesters…I don’t think they would let us get to them.
We didn’t take projectile weapons that time.
we ain’t just throwing tea into the harbor this time.
Wait, isn’t Sean Ono Lennon the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono?
Yes. I don’t know if he’s a Trump supporter, butI’ve seen a number of comments like this from him.
He ain’t John Lennon Jr., that’s for sure.
Elon, you are such a bad boy!!!
Pgroup2, a question.
Those pardoned lose their 5th Amendment right as regards to the [federal] crimes they were pardoned for. If they are in court for charges/lawsuits in regards to civil or state laws, do they still have to fess up to the FEDERAL CRIMES they committed?
My understanding (probably less than pgroup’s) is that it has to do with the 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination (“taking the 5th”).
If you are hauled into a position to testify (or be deposed), and you would ordinarily want to say “I decline to respond in accordance with the Fifth Amendment”, then this assertion can be challenged because you can no longer be incriminated by reciting the facts regarding the crimes for which you were pardoned.
This is, of course, tap-dancing in a minefield — and you’d better have a skilled attorney right there (preferably well-caffeinated).
They must testify truthfully, about facts they know personally, if asked.
So the answer is generally yes. Here’s a caveat – challenges can be made to the questions asked. Questions that seek to have the witness speculate, make legal conclusions, etc. are a no-no.
And of course the line of questioning must be relevant to the subject matter of the proceeding and cannot be framed in such a way as to embarrass the witness or to prejudice the tribunal/judge.
Of course, if any state charges are still within the limitations period, …
Congress should have been run like this all along:
1.Thomas Massie:
2.Ian Jaeger:
Yay! No more shit sandwiches!!!
You go into the government deli and say, “I want a sandwich on ciabatta, with Italian ham, salami and Provolone.” And Congress comes back and says, “do you want shit smeared on the top bread or the bottom bread?”
You reply, “I don’t want shit on the top or the bottom. I want it just like I said.”
And Congress comes back and says, “I’m sorry, we’re out of Provolone, so we just smeared shit there instead.”
You say, “Skip the Provolone”, and don’t put any shit anywhere in there.”
And Congress comes back with, “we don’t have any Italian ham, so we’re just pumping shit in there.” And you say, “no, no, no — no shit anywhere!!! Just give me a salami sandwich.”
And Congress responds, “y’know, we hadn’t noticed, but we haven’t had ciabatta in ages — so now we’ll give you shit, crap, and a limp leaf of kale between two turds. That’ll be a trillion dollars that we’ll borrow in your name from China.”
And that’s what we get every year for so many years I forget the time before.
For them to squeal like pigs that we find this unacceptable is just too bad.
We need a 30 page CR so we can get some sanity going, and we get a 1500+ page shit sandwich, and we’re supposed to say “thank you, sirs, may I have another?”
Ain’t gonna happen. It’s a new day.
You’ve described those shitheads to an absolute T.
Best comment of the day…at least so far!
You write a lot of great things, but this may be my favorite ever! Great job!
Nick Sortor:
https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1869831306093134087
DJT should tell all those NGOs that “helped” the invaders get into America that they better fund those same invaders on their return trips to where they came from.
While Mexico has responsibility, it’s the misuse of our tax money that got all those invaders to the border and so it is only proper that our tax money should be used to help them get home. Mexico can’t afford to fund repatriating them all.
IMO
I hate to think of more of our money being used for this, but I know it is necessary.
This made me curious about how NGOs are funded. They get government money through grants, some foreign money, some donations, etc. IMO those who funded the NGOs that are aiding and abetting illegals should pay for their removal from the country.
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 Cornell Law (Ironically Cornell To Give Scholarships To Illegal Immigrants)
Supreme Court Upholds Law on Aiding Illegal Immigration 23 June 2023
A Good straight forward article with foot notes. I included those foot notes.
The Law Against Hiring or Harboring Illegal Aliens
[QUOTE]
SummaryA person (including a group of persons, business, organization or local government) commits a federal felony when he:
Anyone employing or contracting with an illegal alien without verifying his work authorization status is guilty of a misdemeanor. Aliens and employers violating immigration laws are subject to arrest, detention, and seizure of their vehicles or property. In addition, individuals or entities who engage in racketeering enterprises that commit (or conspire to commit) immigration-related felonies are subject to private civil suits for treble damages and injunctive relief.
Recruitment and Employment of Illegal Aliens.
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Footnotes and endnotes [I linked the first one]
[UNQUOTE]
I think some people are in BIG TROUBLE!
R-Cons have a slim majority and should be able to pass something simple with cuts.
Extend the debt ceiling to give Trump maneuver room.
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Good to know Nanzi is not voting. Wonder if Nanzi has a bar in her hospital room. Or wherever she is
convalescingmarinating these days.there were some theories about the rush back to the WH last night were because of nanzi’s condition…just speculation at this point, but she may not be doing well. the one theory suggested the cackler was being floated as a replacement for nanzi leaving the country w/o a vp–but who would notice?
At this point, Nanzi is officially just a Representative of a small district in SF. Having outlived so many, she’s got seniority up the wazoo — but Hawk-ptui Jeffries is currently House minority leader.
do you think jeffries is up to being nanzi level nasty and influential?
No. He’s just a thug.
It should be a requirement for graduating High School to watch all of the Godfather series each year.
I very good caving buddy, I am still in contact with, knew the Godfather personally.
🤓
Worse.
Rush back cuz of Nanzi. If Nanzi croaks, the House has one less Dumrat rep, for awhile AND one less inside trader.
Paul may be happy, as he can play the gay hang outs.
As for me, I’ll yawn and carry on.
McToon (glober who is now a legend for screaming “Where are the GUNS, Nathan?!?!”) makes many important points about flat earthism. It’s an epistemic disaster.
And another from Will Duffy (who threw this all together).
He too calls out the Flat Earth community for many things including wilful blindness, and shifting the goal posts.
I’m part of the way in. Will Duffy says “hard no” on The Final Experiment II. I can’t imagine why there would be a need to do it again.
I like that he shares what the experience was like, including the fatigue, the difficulties they had to deal with, and the many preparations they made for all contingencies (in a prior video). Also, how hard it is to deal with constant sun.
He also says that theories are going to be debunked over the coming weeks. He shares what flerfers had said before TFE and what they are saying now. It is textbook cognitive rigidity.
I have been maintaining that people like Dave Weiss (Flat EarthDave) and Eric Dubay (who produces those “200 proofs” vidies) know it’s bullshit. They’re conmen.
The followers, on the other hand…cognitive rigidity.
MOAR SHUTDOWN!!!
Let’s shut it down until January 20th.
Then Trump can decide what to start up again.
What year?
[snort]
Put Brennan in charge of telling us when Jan 20 comes around….we’ve got almost six centuries before 2024 arrives on his favorite calendar.
How about we shut it down until February 30?
Too easy for them to spot. Try September 31st.
Ok.
SHUT IT DOWN until 12:01PM on 20 January 2025. Then reopen it “under new management.”
AND don’t pay government workers that did NOT work.
No work. No pay. No benefits.
Preparatory for the assholes that “say” they work from home AND refuse to return to the office.
Except these assholes get “PATCO” treatment – FIRED. 😂
PAT what now?
Professional Air Traffic Controllers — they tried to strike against Reagan and Reagan fired ’em all.
thank you…acronyms can be tricky…LOL
The culture conspires to ensure people have the long-term memory of goldfish. If you point out that five years ago bacon and ground beef were typically $2/pound, you are looked upon like you’re ancient.
I am ancient and bacon was $2 per pound. And I like goldfish [the swimming kind, not the crackers].
So they taste good?
Only asking because you mentioned it right next to bacon.
You really can eat goldfish. They are just smaller versions of carp. So they would taste like carp.
Wild goldfish typically grow to between 4.7 inches (12 cm) and 8.7 inches (22 cm) but can reach 16 inches (41 cm). — WIKI
Geez, you misspelled crap twice.
More seriously, that looks a lot bigger than 16 inches.
Chicken was ~ $0.30 – $0.60 and pork under a dollar.
That was back in the days when a dollar was a dime.
My mom, who is 93, once told me that my grandmother used cod liver oil and castor oil as remedies. If they had a cold or flu, it was cod liver oil. I have no idea if it works. Castor oil packs were for aches and pains. And lo and behold, a lot of people in my cancer group use castor oil packs for detox and pain. I’ve noticed that Amazon even has special wraps they sell for castor oil packs:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=castor+oil+pack+wrap&crid=2PL2U1JPIX51H&sprefix=castor+oil+%2Caps%2C763&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_11
Everything old is new again.
Linda
Absolutely.
When my late husband was a child, he caught pneumonia (he was born in 1910.) His mother wrapped his chest in cotton wadding that had been “greased” with Musterole. Took care of the situation.
All right y’all this one is the most important conspiracy theory in the WORLD.
(i’m only three minutes in.)
6 minutes in — Wendy’s and others use the same brand with no problem. SO WHO makes money when the machine is broken. Remember these are PRIVATELY OWNED franchises so it is private individuals, not McD who suffers lost customers and added expense.
I should add, THIS type of investigation showing corporate America colluding to SCREW the little guy, as well as the customer, is WHY they all hate freedom of speech and free dissemination of information.
Yep. That’s pretty much the thrust of it.
DQ machines never break. Blizzards are likely a cash cow.
Over $5 for a large blizzard, which they have markedly downsized the paper cup. The little dinky blizard is $2 – $3 bucks. The size a little kid would get.
Yesterday afternoon we posted about Putin’s challenge to a duel. He told the West and Ukraine to put all your air defense weapons in Kiev and he’d fire his hypersonic wpn there and the West could try to stop it.
Here’s a clip of him talking about it.
https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1869807251055358000
Flash forward to right now.
“Good Morning Kiev”
https://twitter.com/GabeZZOZZ/status/1869981237709885918
“A warm morning for Zelensky.. Russian missiles hit their targets accurately in the heart of Kiev.”
https://twitter.com/mog_russEN/status/1869983821669552296
Russian drones attacked the Borispol district in Kiev!
Explosions in Cherkasy! Even more rockets on the way to Kiev.
https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1869807251055358000
BREAKING:
Russian forces launched a fresh wave of attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
Reports indicate that multiple critical infrastructure sites and warehouses were targeted.
Russia used both ballistic and hypersonic missiles.
https://twitter.com/Currentreport1/status/1869980642341212371
Apparently part of a duel.
Russia shot down 84 Ukrainian drones overnight Thursday.
AD systems detected the drones over several provinces in Rus territory – Def Min
Between these drone, ATACMS and Kirillov I would be PO’ed too.
Kiev
https://twitter.com/yawahuguama/status/1869982483892060373
Horrific footage from Kiev.
Cars are exploding one after another.
This was Russia’s retaliation for Ukraine’s use of ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles on Russia’s Rostov region.
https://twitter.com/Currentreport1/status/1869984959404114150
Downtown Kiev as a result of this morning’s Russian Ballistic Missile explosions.
Putin needs to put attacks like that on repeat. With Zelensky personally hit. This shit needs to end.
Agreed, compared to Israel’s carpet bombing of Yemen the day before it was like pin prick. Get Serious Mr Putin! 😏Hopefully he reads here too 😁
# BREAKING: BIDEN RUSHED TO THE WHITE HOUSE LATE IN THE EVENING
Biden was sent to the White House tonight even though he was scheduled to be in Delaware.
LOOK AT HIS FACE.
This guy looks terrified.
Something BIG is happening.
https://twitter.com/HustleBitch_/status/1869972926918734304
At one point he looks as if he’s about to cry, but with his condition I don’t know how much importance to place on that.
From the link below;
That might explain the somber expression.
What’s Going On? Kamala Harris Cancels California Trip as Biden Rushes Back to D.C. Amid Government Shutdown
Would a possible government shutdown cause them both to return to the WH?
We know government shutdowns are a nothingburger. So no, I think it’s something else. We might not ever know what.
My thoughts exactly.
There’re actually being called back to the office to do their jobs?
What a s*** show this faux administration is.
Putin did a four hour press conference yesterday. Said a lot of stuff. Included the challenge to duel with missels.
Ukraine later fired on Russia with ATTCM’s. We likely knew about it is my guess and the Pentagon likely got the evil duo to return to the WH.
Guy here says we have a doomsday bird up.
https://twitter.com/roaming_rn/status/1869998778792706553
Doomsday bird is always aloft.
Well, it was a ways back.
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If the WH is ordering large quantities of pizza, something is up. Otherwise, it is all show.
Maybe Putin will take out Biden’s Delaware Beach house.
Hope they got Maggots stolen classified material out.
Or not. Won’t cause further damage if incinerated.
But, but, Maggots writer has another Maggot memoir to write.
ACTING. Nothing more.
Maggot AND Kakala acting as IF a government shutdown matters.
We know it does not matter.
It is all about appearances.
Can’t have several million feds NOT working AND nothing bad happens.
Russia’s successful attack on Kiev is a more likely reason.
Kiev, not buying it.
Best I can tell, Kiev IS expendable. As is ALL of Ukraine, expendable.
Rumors of Russia striking NATO or wherever UK / US forces are, I’ll buy that one.
Sticking with theater…Oh Me. Oh My. Government may shut down.
Drones. 🙃
Tonight’s OKGO videos are a couple of non-sponsored ones (I think)…..which is not to say that there are no “commercial” tie-ins. The first is at a girls’ school in Japan. Before the song gets rolling, the band is prepped by a popular Japanese girl group named “Perfume”.
The widgets that they are riding have instructions that say, “keep a good grip on the unit at all times.” Obviously, they meant “do complicated choreography with your hands in the air while waving umbrellas around.”
Definite shades of Busby Berkeley in that last one [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busby_Berkeley ].
This next one is one of their most popular.
And their “making-of” is amazing…..if you start in the middle (the beginning is fun, too — but you have to see it starting in the middle, first).
You will note that they got well into three digits of takes…..until…..
(start at 4:46)
Busby Berkeley, “Dames”, 1934 (excerpt) —
Perfume —
(Note the “turnabout” cameo from the umbrella video.)
This is hilarious.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1869921946852569408
unseen1
@unseen1_unseen
Let me explain the debt ceiling to you since it’s pretty clear most of you have no idea what is going on.
As of now, there is no debt ceiling.
Let me repeat that for all of those “true conservative” supporters. As of right now, there is no debt ceiling.
The debt ceiling was suspended back in Jun of 2023.
As things stand now, as of Jan 1st, 2025, the debt ceiling will return, and it will be whatever it was when it was suspended plus whatever spending Biden and the dems did since June of 2023. That new debt ceiling is estimated to be hit by June of 2025 if not earlier.
What the CR wanted to do is push the redemption of the debt ceiling back for 2 years.
This would allow massive tax cuts that Trump wants to make. Things like no tax on tips, no tax on social security, no tax on overtime, a 15% tax bracket for companies who built here, and to stop the Trump tax cuts from expiring.
You see, the government idiots consider tax cuts as government spending. So if you do $4 trillion in tax cuts, the government considers that $ 4 trillion in spending.
The debt ceiling redemption on Jan 1st will make Trump have to figure out how to pass the tax cuts without going over the debt ceiling and triggering a default. Do you get it now?
By not moving the non-existent debt ceiling back two more years, the “true conservatives” just stopped you from getting more of your money returned to you by tax cuts and they kept more money in the government for a bigger gov. In effect, they just voted for the exact opposite of what they tell you they want and don’t for a second think they don’t know that.
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Wonder if the Warroom knows this.
You’re awake! Gail had a question that I tried to answer….
https://www.theqtree.com/2024/12/20/health-friday-holiday-exchange-open-thread-12-20-2024/#comment-1385089
https://x.com/i/status/1869958470310797700
That is just beautiful!
A little holiday entertainment…..
https://twitter.com/SteveInmanUIC/status/1865724579697635572
TY Pavaca, very helpful information for the interesting times we live in.
God Bless.
When I lived in my parents’ home sometimes they would make a homemade cough syrup of whiskey, honey, & lemon. I don’t know the proportions, possibly equal of each, but remember it tasting pretty bad, but then I’m no big fan of whiskey 😉
With an upset stomach we’d have ginger ale, Verner’s is the Best, lemon-lime pop, or some type of cola. My mom used to also make jello water, which I think came from dissolving a packet of jello in double the water needed to get it to set up. As a kid I’d take it warm but as an adult I’d probably sip it as hot as I could tolerate it. My dad liked something called milk toast when he was sick. I’ve never had it but I think it was warm or hot milk with buttered toast points to dip in it.
My kids’ pediatrician recommended the BRATS diet when sick:
Bananas
Rice
Applesauce
Toast
Saltines
I like spiced chai tea when fighting something & often crave black licorice, which helps me feel better. We often take extra vitamin C & vitamin D &/or an elderberry & zinc chewable tablet to fight stuff off. When our kids were young Hubby would often take Zicam or Airborne when any of us were sick so he didn’t catch crap running through the family as often as the rest of us did.
I used a lot of Q-Tree recommendations last time he had covid to help him kick it quicker:
Vitamins B-12, C. & D
Baby Aspirin
Decongestants
Elderberry & Zinc
Ivermectin
cough drops
various teas, we have a huge collection but choices are mood &/or symptom based
Often with a bad respiratory illness we’ll use a store brand “nyquill” to get better sleep & a “dayquill” for multi-symptom relief without drowsiness.
Our special needs son had RSV twice as an infant, hospitalized both times, & had lingering lung issues. We had a nebulizer to deliver albuterol. He was pretty uncooperative with the process so instead of him breathing it in through his mouth, he’d block the outlet with his tongue & the mist would vent through the pressure release valve, so I’d get him on my lap in a head lock & press the mouthpiece up to his nostrils to get most of the meds in him while we watched something together–fun times…
We often prayed for each other for healing & a few times had “the elders of the church” pray with laying on of hands & anointing with oil in Jesus’ Name for healing.
Here’s a snippet from my aunt who just turned 88 this week, prayer runs in the family 🙂
My aunt is a botanist & has built her professional & personal life around plants. She also went to Antarctica on some scientific expedition & swam in the sea there for bragging rights–Hi Steve. She collects mullein leaves when up at my parents’ Cottage in Northern Michigan & I believe pours boiling water over them steeping for a while to make a tea, I think, to use when fighting a cough. I think she strains it through a coffee filter, paper towel, or tightly woven fabric to get out the little flannel fibers that are on the leaves before drinking.
Oh & we used to make sassafras tea from the leaves or possibly roots of sassafras trees we’d find in the North Woods to make a root beer flavored tea which was fun & good for the soul if not any other health benefit
Thank you PAVACA for the timely topic as we traverse cold & flu season but also reflect on nostalgic times of hearth & home for the holidays.
Merry Christmas to All and Abundant Blessings for a Joyful, Hopeful New Year!
And, here, I was thinking equal measures would be wildly off balance —
https://www.hwcmagazine.com/recipe/whiskey-honey-lemon-cough-syrup/
— turns out that it’s recommended.
Real licorice, from the root of the licorice plant, is medicinal. It is rare in “candy licorice” commonly found in candy — which has its good points and bad points. On the good side, you don’t have kids regularly overdosing on the stuff because it is really potent; on the bad side, nobody knows the good effects the actual plant can have because they’ve never encountered it.
You can sometimes find it in imported licorice products.
Dried licorice root can be purchased from any natural food store and is widely available.
It is available as a tea.
Milk toast is [obviously] toasted bread soaked in warm milk, in a bowl.
I ate mine with a soup spoon.
homemade cough syrup of whiskey, honey, & lemon
Equal parts, actually. I have that recipe squirreled away.
The FDA made all the root beer soda manufacturers take out the sassafras. If you have the trees nearby, you’re lucky.
Sassafras, An Illegal Substance That Grows Wild In Our Back Yards
I am fairly sure I know where one is, I have been trimming it back and feeding the trimmings to the goats.
black licorice…
What do new studies tell us about the benefits of licorice?
Aubergine warned me it could raise blood pressure.
Everything is a balancing act. We gotta pick and choose.
My daughter’s first pediatrician recommended honey, whiskey, and lemon for her when she was a toddler! She’s only 38, so this wasn’t that long ago. He was a great guy. I still use it. One tablespoon of each ingredient, with about a 1/4 cup of hot water to mix it in. It works for sore throats and coughs.
Vernor’s Ginger Ale really is the best, but I can’t find it around here.
California Joe
December 20, 2024 12:55 am
Senator Mike Lee Exposes McConnell, Johnson, and Jeffries for Secretly Crafting $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill Over 85 Days to Sneak Through Before the Holidays | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
In a fiery appearance on Jesse Watters’ Primetime, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) pulled back the curtain on what he calls a “historic betrayal of the American people.”
Lee accused Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of secretly negotiating a bloated $1.7 trillion spending bill behind closed doors for nearly three months.
Lee revealed that the controversial legislation had been in the works for 85 days without the public’s knowledge, an act he characterized as an affront to transparency and accountability.
Senator Lee predicted dire consequences for those involved, specifically targeting Speaker Mike Johnson’s hold on power.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/senator-mike-lee-exposes-schumer-mcconnell-johnson-jeffries/
Is that the same template that McCarthy used?
Probably. 😡
they probably had the template ready to go on day 3 and then just added stuff…laughing sinisterly…hey let’s put in a $70,000 raise–see if they catch that…
want more censorship? yeah, yeah…add that too!
Would not put it past them.
“…It needs to be either Vivek Ramaswamy or it needs to be Elon Musk….”
Neither is eligible to be POTUS so Matt Gaetz or someone else would be a better pick.
not to be picky…but neither was obummer or the cackler.
no one said a word
More exposure on blood contamination from the spike protein.
https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/urgent-yale-researchers-have-found
EACH DAY WE TAKE UP THE OFFENSIVE WEAPON OF THE WORD OF GOD – THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT – ONE VERSE OPENS THE DOOR TO THE CONTEXT OF THE CHAPTER MESSAGE
Verse of the Day for Friday, December 20, 2024
✟
“The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.”
Psalms 9:9 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
WE ARE FIGHTING A SPIRITUAL WAR OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ABUSED, MISSING, AND TRAFFICKED CHILDREN
BE MY VOICE
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
CHILD NOT CHOICE
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
MAPA = MAKE AMERICA PRAY AGAIN
IT IS NOT TIME
We are fighting a spiritual war
A war we will win and so much more
The enemy is already defeated
They defied an opponent they cheated
Every commandment of God they broke
In addition to the one Jesus spoke
The punishment for sin is surely death
They will suffer greatly to their last breath
If it were our very last days on earth
We would be fighting for all we are worth
The four horsemen would ride do their worst
As the Angels readied their vials dispersed
Six seals have been broken to correspond
With the restlessness of the martyrs spawned
Cosmic disturbances of varying kinds
The seventh the ‘silence in heaven’ finds
The vision of the first six seals has deceased
The wrath of God will then soon be released
The portrayal of self-inflicted judgement
A global war that destroys their ledgement
This is not what God wants for His chosen
A conflict not set in place or frozen
Under God’s protection to the left or right
We are shielded and fielded out of sight
It is not time for the final battle
Even though you hear the sabers rattle
God has not appointed us to wrath
Salvation thru Jesus is our direct path
D01: 08/08/2023
Thank You Duchess! 🙂
https://www.theqtree.com/2019/05/23/the-poetry-tree/#comment-1385151
Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing
#psalm91 #psalms #prayer
Pray Everyday
https://rumble.com/v57jz8d-psalm-91.the-most-powerful-prayer-from-the-bible.-gods-protection-healing-p.html
Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.
#faith #god #psalms
prayeveryday777
https://rumble.com/v57jvfg-sleep-well-with-psalms.-psalm-91-psalm-121-psalm-3-psalm-4-psalm-139.faith-.html
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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!! ❤️❤️❤️
JUST BECAUSE
ODE TO BAKO C
There once was a fella named Bako C
Who hep heaven bound he happened to be
One of a kind
The first in line
Cause twas St Peter he wanted to see
We wondered and worried what was went wrong
Why the haste with no time to waste so strong
Could he be distressed
About passing the test
On judgement day in the future forelong
Look up – Look up – There’s no time to waste
To fix or repair or copy and paste
Was there a mistake
Or maybe deep fake
That could cause him to beknown less than chaste
St Peter – St Peter – oh help him please
He’s uncurled unfurled and most ill at ease
With his mind in a twist
He has come to insist
The record – he must fix – before God sees
Oh no – Bako bro – cannot be altered
So sorry you messed up and have faltered
But once it is entered
The typecast is centered
Not one jot or tittle appears paltered
Rest assured dear bro God can fix it fine
But not in your way dost in the divine
So do not fret
Cause you can bet
Whatever it is our God will untwine
God is perfect in all of His ways tho
We can never be and this we must know
Seven times we fall flat
Daily imagine that
Repent on your knees get on with the show
D01: 12/20/2024
New Again! Thank You Duchess 😁
https://www.theqtree.com/2019/05/23/the-poetry-tree/#comment-1385156
Honest question re Aunt Mary’s Tonic: is there a substitute for cinnamon? I have an intolerance for it. Cinnamon is a bark, and anything tree or evergreen related (like star anise) I have to avoid.
There are several distinct species of plants sold as “cinnamon” in the US. Your sensitivity may differ by species.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon
I don’t care. The chest tightness is scary.
I believe that star anise comes from an annual.
You might try allspice.
I looked it up when it was recommended. Star anise comes from an evergreen.
Yup. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illicium_verum
I was thinking of regular anise, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anise
DePat
I sometimes use a pinch of powdered ginger or powdered American Ginseng instead of cinnamon.
I can even do real ginger and/or garlic, just not cinnamon.
How about chili?
I make a mean chili.
I suspect by “mean” you don’t mean “average.”
🙂
Ginger/garlic/chili — you may have some southeast Asian health food in your future.
One way to determine a substitute for medicinal spice is whether it is a “warming” or a “cooling” spice. Cinnamon is a warming spice, so I would sub in another. Here are some warming spices:
Ginger
Turmeric
Cardamom
Cayenne
Cloves
Interestingly, ginger appears on lists of warming AND cooling spices! So it it multi-purpose. And my favorite of the above list.
Another question for those with the links:
Is there out there any definitive information for how long the damn spike protein will mess with someone’s system? At this point, I’m sure that I got too close to people who had recent COVID shots. I could always smell, and no fever, but all the other symptoms are very similar.
This is a very complicated question. As an example, the corona spike attacks the ACE2 receptor on cells. If you’re taking a prescription ACE inhibitor (used for blood pressure), this may effect the longevity of the spike attacks.
In addition, of course, there is the question of the amount, location, and duration of exposure.
It can be around for days, weeks, or even months.
The better question is what can be done to purge the spike protein.
I don’t do pharmaceuticals. If pharmacists won’t take them – and I was in a dorm with pharmacy students in college and they wouldn’t take them – why would I?
I’m not clear on what you’re saying — pharmacy students don’t take herbal remedies (pharmaceutical plants), don’t take extracts or derivatives, or don’t take synthetic pharmaceuticals?
Synthetic. I’ve even met pharmacists who won’t take the products they dispense.
Yeah, my experience is that people in all parts of the medical field are more apt to resort to grandma’s chicken soup than hexabenzaprine cyclochlorotaxifrenaphen.
Hot toddy = Honey, Lemon juice, and Whiskey + hot water.
I do not drink because every time I sniffled, I got that poured down my throat!
My Granddad died of the Spanish flu when Dad was around 5, so he was VERY strict about it.
I never got a bad cold or flu until college when I got the Hong Kong flu. I had one of the grad students I caved with sneak me in the ingredients for a hot toddy, and it cleared it right up.
You can look up the natural sources.
ECGC = Green tea. I combine with Nettle leaf (for allergies) and make a very strong solution that I then add to my regular tea to cool it down.
Milk will remove the oxalate & tannin that causes my asthma like symptoms.
[Oxalate inflammation, also known as oxalate-induced inflammation, occurs when oxalates, naturally occurring compounds found in plants and human metabolism, accumulate in the body and trigger an inflammatory response. — Brave AI]
Quercetin = Blueberries, onions, cherry tomatoes, apples and other foods. You need vitamin C with it.
ZINC = Beef, cheese, some seafood. Salmon ALSO gives you Omega 3 oil.
Selenium = Brazil Nuts, 4 MAX!! We eat one a day.
Oranges for Vitamin C
Vitamin D = The best food sources of vitamin D are oily fish, including salmon, mackerel, and sardines. Other sources include egg yolks, red meat, and liver.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
So I would make sure I am eating beef, oily fish, eggs, fruit with Vitamin C and Quercetin, and brazil nuts.
There is also Lions Mane mushroom for brain health.
“The better question is what can be done to purge the spike protein.”
My best answer to that is nattokinase.
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DePat
From papers that I’ve read, the period of time of spike lingering appears to between 180 – 247 days post-vax in COVID-19 vaxxed people. It **may** be shorter if the vax was the latest “2024-2025 Formula” version.
In terms of “vaccine” shedding onto other people, I’m not sure regarding the time frame of spike protein lingering.
However, the big thing is that non-vaxxed people still have their natural immune systems and their natural Uridine (which are both damaged or destroyed in vaxxed people.)
From the sheer amount of stuff my body is producing to trap dirt and germs, I’d say my immune system is probably fine.
DePat
This sounds great. IMO, it’s then likely just a matter of time for all the gunk to be expelled.
Brian Cates with his latest.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1869874178356043974.html
Seems like we read stuff like that for many years.
NOTHING came of it.
I know. This time is different.
Not reaching for the bong to wallow in hopia.
Waiting for Action, Indictments, Arrests, prosecutions, maximum punishment. ..
Hoping we are a few weeks to seeing it start happening.
Thank you, Pavaca! Great collection,
barkerjim
You are very kind, thank you.
This dropped at 8:30 UK Time. ScimanDan is a glober but was not on the trip.
Those who did go are likely either in Santiago Chile right now, or on their ways home. Many of them have terabytes of data. At least one took an 11K video (not a timelapse, a video) of the sun for over 24 hours. Dull viewing but there can be no accusations of fakery with that one. Between fatigue and the holidays, it will be January before it’s done and the documentary will be out…who knows when? Post-production starts soon.
The comments, by the way, are hilarious:
“I feel a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of goalposts suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly dug up.”
“I wish I was dumb enough to get a trip to Antarctica. :(.”
“If this is all it takes, I’m
Not convinced the Caribbean is real 😂”
And from Dave McKeegan, who went:
“I would say this is only the beginning of the end of Flat Earth … We’ve quite a bit more data to publish”
In response to a comment about getting a free trip to the moon if one is willing to pretend to be that stupid:
WordPiss won’t separate the quote below from the quote above unless I type something meaningless like this.
And then this:
In which case I want to complain to the Micro$haft fucktard who wrote the simulation for filling it so full of stupid people.
LMAO!!!
Ha, perhaps Martin Armstrong reads The Q Tree?
His post today at The Burning Platform about stockpiling $$$ cash $$$ has the exact same “the elephant in the room” image that Yours Truly used for a post for the board here.
The Martin Armstrong post:
http://www.theburningplatform.com/2024/12/20/now-is-the-time-to-stockpile-cash/
http://www.theqtree.com/2024/03/25/the-elephant-in-the-room-shedding-of-both-the-covid-19-virus-itself-and-the-covid-19-vaccines/
Stockpiling cash? THAT’S a change!!!
Winston
December 20, 2024 9:08 am
The 65 Project Gets Outed. Time To Fight Back With Technology
The 65 Project was all bluster when nobody could see who funded them
Omega4America (aka Fractal)
Dec 20, 2024
https://omega4america.substack.com/p/the-65-project-gets-outed-time-to
Excerpt:
The ultimate doxing, if one could call it that, was filing ethics complaints against 65 of America’s best attorneys – like Alan Dershowitz, Ted Cruz, John Eastman, the Louisiana governor, West Virginia Senator-elect and a bunch of Red State attorneys general.
Anyone can file an ethics complaint. The question is who is funding the subsequent litigation?
We were asked to testify in the John Eastman California disbarment proceeding. It was great fun – for us, not so much for John.
The Lefty lawyer deposing me asked if I knew of any election fraud in 2020 and I said, “yes, it was all over the place.”
He then said “…well it didn’t impact the election, did it?” I said it sure did – there is no way several states could be called for Biden.
Frustrated, the lawyer asked me if I had any evidence. I replied “…sure, I can look at any of 7 states right now on my computer and show you tens of thousands who voted from ineligible locations” or something like that.
That was it. I was out as a witness 48 hours later.
So these Lefties disbarred John Eastman. That’s like a high school coach benching Tom Brady.
I always wondered who paid for these Lefties to do this to Eastman. They had a bunch of lawyers, assistants and those had to add up to millions of dollars. Nobody really knew who paid them, nobody asked.
Well, we are about to find out.
We just published the first of many volleys aimed at the Project 65 guys showing how we can find who paid them. Watch the video – but that is only scratching the surface.
The video was done in an hour. Wait until we show you what we can do in a day!
Many readers ask what are we doing to stop the Left taking over America.
Try this: we are enabling 65 attorneys to sue the crap out of the people who funded the 65 Project – and as the world learned last week in the Trump/Stephanopolous matter, that stuff can sting.
Excellent!
thedoc00
December 20, 2024 9:04 am
Regarding the Federal Budget Scam now taking place v/v the State of CA now saying state of emergency exists due to COVID resurgence…this is another PUBLICLY executed prime example how the “legal” pump and steal of a Federal Budget Line is executed.
Last week the pen and cell phone of Sock Puppet JoeBama Biden were used to extend the COVID emergency, for multiple reasons. Among the reasons was to dump MORE Money into the COVID Relief Budget Line.
Think on ALL the States and Municipalities who have been “accused” of diverting FEDERAL COVID Relief aid to unrelated “emergencies” and “projects”. By the way that diversion was LEGAL per the Congressional Instructions sent with the State Grant.
The failed CR and current CR have a Federal COVID Relief Budget Line.
Now the State of CA says it needs the money…and other Democrat States as well as Municipalities and NGO’s are claiming a COVID emergency.
The scam continues.
MAKE LAMPPOSTS GREAT AGAIN!!!
interesting questions
Texas midget
December 20, 2024 10:00 am
My view of the budget seems to be different from most people here.
Why do farmers need help, and which farmers is it? Is it the Saudi Arabia farmers growing alfalfa in Arizona to send to Saudi Arabia to feed their horses? Or maybe it is the Bill Gates farmers needing money to let their land lay dormant. Perhaps it is the Sam Donaldson farmers needing to be paid because there is not a market for their Angora goat wool.
Why does fema need money? They have been getting appropriations in the crs and have been spending it on supporting illegals. If you deport the illegals, fema has money.
The government budget ends in September. The first quarter of the 2025 budget has already been appropriated through crs.
The government gets most of its income from Jan-April. Pass a balanced budget and no debt ceiling raise is necessary.
The government income receipts for 2024 were 4.92 T.
The government spent 6.75 T.
The government deficit was 1.83 T.
Elon Musk said he would cut 2T. That is more than enough to balance the budget.
Elon and President Trump need to do what they said they would do or they should be considered nothing but more scammers.
No debt increase ever.
I actually know someone who is smugly proud of the land she owns that she is being paid not to farm. Apparently it’s significant money.
She said this at a funeral for a guy who she said gave her crap about it.
Right attitude but short on reality.
Disaster relief?
Farms are few and soon to be fewer, meanwhile I don’t believe more money is in the CR for farms.
Not getting rid of the debt ceiling is a way to squash Trumps initiatives. It’s like tying both his arms behind his back. It’s up to Johnson to do the hard work and find a way to pay for it. The extra money spent will get paid back and then some if they let Trump do his magic. No new initiatives can be paid for under a CR. Trump needs the elbow room to push through his plans. He can reorganize spending priorities but that will be a slow process and not near enough to accomplish his goals and it will take time for DOGE to bear fruit. We want a wall, but there is no money for a wall. You want to move illegals out, there’s no money budgeted for that in the CR, so on and so on.
What it comes down to is do we want MAGA fast or do we want MAGA slow.
Schumer is planning on using the debt ceiling to impede MAGA.
It’s like remodeling a cruddy old house. Congress is only paying to maintain the cruddy old house. Our money is being wasted in the process. Trump wants to remodel the cruddy old house but there’s no new money ear marked in the current budget to do that. Schumer is going to tell him no, we haven’t approved the funds for that. It’s the Wall all over again. You remember how long it took for Trump to come up with funds for the wall. It was painful but he did it and that was pittance of money. Trump will have to go out and find the monies to pay to remodel the house unless Congress allots new money with expectation of being paid back with interest which is the plan. Again, Trump can’t implement new programs quickly with out new money. It would be like shackling him to a canon ball and expecting him to sprint down the track and everyone will be surrounding him telling him “Faster” “Faster” while failing to notice he’s shackled to a canon ball.
Trump and his people will have to explain the numbers to The People. We’re fresh out of blind faith in more spending.
Yes, people see trouble coming, and it’s looking like GOOD TROUBLE. Government workers staying home looks like the beginnings of self-deportation to me.
my son in law is a farmer–not a huge industrial one–a family farmer. they have to buy insurance against crop damage and this year, they lost approximately $20,000 in crop damage done by deer and bear.
and the drought they were experiencing made his corn and beans suffer.
Meanwhile, up here, our farmers were dealing with floods.
these kinds of farmers deserve a break. maybe get the meglomaniacs to stop mucking with the weather.
The money in the CR for farms is pretty much an annual expenditure so there’s money there. Above and beyond I don’t think so. It will be a copy and paste from last budget.
https://joannenova.com.au/2024/12/surprise-we-thought-trees-emitted-methane-but-instead-they-absorb-it-what-else-dont-we-know/