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Good news / bad news - health update / lost a good Ag

I have been MIA for a bit as we are going through some stuff here (no divorce attorney recommendations needed).

MRI last week revealed stability, if not reduced “trouble” in the affected area. If you recall, 6 months ago I turned down onco’s recommendation for a chemo that required a very strict diet (no steak, cheese, avocados, among other foods I love to eat, F that!), and still the possibility I’d feel like sh*t. So I decided to kinda go with a more holistic route:

-Soursop (1 capsule 2x day)
-Black cumin seed oil (1 capsule 2x day)
-B17 (3 capsules 2x day)
-Apple cider vinegar (1 capsule daily)
-5 in 1 Elderberry (1 capsule daily with zinc, vitamin C & D3, ginger)

**NO artificial sugar, or extremely limited

-1,000iu Vitamin E gel capsules (2x daily)
-Spicy hot V-8 w/ a shot of extra virgin olive oil (high in polyphenols) & cayenne to take these herbal supplement capsules, just easier for me to swallow the capsules & I like the spicy better than the regular)

-Green tea, w/ ginger, turmeric, & black pepper, lemon & Ceylon cinnamon

-Lions mane powder in apple sauce

-I also eat blueberries(with other fruits and berries) most mornings for breakfast

-Prayers, lots of prayers!

-Turkey tail & MCT oil in my morning coffee with local honey w/ Ceylon cinnamon

*basically a lot of antioxidants and anti inflammatory stuff.


Bad news (NSIAP): we recently lost a good Ag. Somehow even in my small town, I didn’t hear about this until yesterday. HERE.

Covid 19/ vaccine

Can we discuss now in a more rational way with the information we have today? The World health organization now believes it came from the lab in China. It is well established the virus was in the US since 2019, yet the hospitals were not overflowing with sick people. I had two family members that were sick early 2020 both tested negative for the flu and strep but the Dr. Said they had the flu and treated them like they had the flu. Even with all the covid cases being called the flu it was a slow flu season. So what happened that made everyone get scared? Why are hospitals not overflowing today?
How did people believe a new vaccine was safer then ivermectin? Why are people still getting the vaccine when it is proven to be ineffective? Why do people still trust the CDC, and the FDA after they have been proven liars?

Conner Weigman being mentioned as an under the radar draft prospect


Let's finish with a quarterback who could take the leap. In nearly each of the past five years, a passer seemingly has come out of nowhere to land in Round 1. At least one NFL general manager says Weigman is that guy for 2025.

"I am telling you right now, Weigman will be the breakout quarterback this year," said a GM who has done advance work on this quarterback class. "He'll be the guy everyone is asking, 'Where'd he come from?' next spring."

The Texas A&M junior played in just four games last season before suffering a season-ending foot injury. In those four games, though, he was crisp with eight touchdown passes to two interceptions while throwing for 979 yards and completing 68.9% of his passes. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder can also move outside the pocket and had two rushing scores.

Weigman has generated a lot of buzz in the NFL agent community, too, with many eager to see how he looks with a full season and with a new coaching staff, led by Mike Elko.

Jerrod Johnson tribute just found on youtube

For your older Aggies like myself. I did t know he got snubbed for heisman. Crazy that Ryan Tannihel was more successful in the NFL.

I worked at the Tap in CS and Jerrod didn’t drink. Reggie on the other hand spoke in 3rd person demanding not to pay for his tabs lol. I would yell back “I need to make rent MF’er”

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Trump NY Criminal Trial

Day 1 of the Trump trial phase has ended early (at 12:40) to accommodate a juror who had an appointment. It will start late tomorrow (11:30) because the court will have a hearing in the morning on whether Trump should be held in contempt for posts and comments about witnesses and jurors. Some highlights from today.

-Another juror expressed concern about case publicity resulting in people identifying him. After talking with the judge privately, he remained on the jury.

-The proceedings started this morning with the judge ruling on the "Sandoval motions." This is to decide what prior misconduct suggesting dishonest character Trump can be cross examined about if he testifies. The judge found Trump can be cross examined about his twice defaming E Jean Carroll but apparently not what that defamation was about (sexual assault). Trump can be cross examined about his charitable foundation that he had to close due to fraud and about his stipulation to dissolve it (which admitted wrong doing). He can be cross examined about the recent business fraud civil determination related to false Statements of Financial Condition. Finally, he can be cross examined about twice being held in contempt for posting "untrue, disparaging and personal information" about that court's clerk.

-That's a lengthy list of very adverse stuff that will only come in if Trump chooses to testify. That's why it would be crazy for him to testify. In that regard, defense counsel did not provide any indication in opening arguments today as to whether Trump would (or would not) testify.

-Things quickly moved to opening arguments, with the prosecution taking about 40 minutes and Trump's attorney taking about 30.

-The prosecution's opening statement started with the following: "This case is about a criminal conspiracy, The defendant, Donald Trump, orchestrated a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election. Then he covered up that scheme by lying in his NY business records, over and over and over again."

-In my view, the prosecution's opening over emphasized the "election interference" angle in this. The charge is that Trump committed business fraud by charactering hush money payments to Stormy Daniels as business expenses (legal fees paid to Cohen), amplified to a felony because the intent included concealing the crime of Cohen's illegal contribution to Trump's Campaign. It should not matter whether the purpose of that concealment, and the business fraud, was to interfere with the election, or hide the salacious allegations of a porn star from Melania.

-The prosecution read a transcript of the Access Hollywood (p-grabbing tape) to the jury, but per the judge's ruling, they cannot play the actual tape.

-Defense's start to opening arguments was: "President Trump is innocent. President Trump did not commit any crimes. The Manhattan District Attorney's office should never have brought this case."

-The defense argued that Trump knew nothing of the underlying fraud as his minions handled it all.

-Defense tried to say the agreements were all written by lawyers but the prosecution objected. The judge sustained and the comment was stricken from the record. Trump's attorneys previously refused to accept the burdens of an advice of counsel defense and the judge has ruled they can't gain the benefits of such a defense without the burdens.

-Defense referred to Trump as "President Trump" in contrast to the prosecution which referred to him as "Mr. Trump."

-With the conclusion of opening arguments the prosecution called their first witness: "The People Call David Pecker." Pecker is the owner of the National Enquirer and is expected to testify how he, Cohen, and Trump conspired to find bad stories about Trump and kill them. He will testify how he referred Stormy Daniels to Cohen when she sought to sell her story to the Enquirer.

-None of that happened today. Due to the early recess Pecker did not testify long enough to get into the meat of anything.

As indicated, tomorrow will start with a hearing to determine if Trump will be held in contempt and trial will then continue with the renewal of Pecker's testimony. Notably, Trump left the hearing and renewed attacks on witnesses, including Cohen.
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