Michigan Gal, Mom, Grandma, Widow. Lover of everything outdoors. 100% American MAGA/MAHA. #IFBAP
Michigan, USA
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My GrokBot is officially named Computer! My tribute to the Late Great Sir Patrick Stewart! Make it so.
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Actual Call:
A man placed an order for food items that included dairy & chocolate for Halloween, to be delivered by Amazon same day. The package was delayed until the next day & the man wasn't going to be home to get the package. He said he tried to cancel but Amazon wouldn't let him cancel only request a refund after delivery. This morning, the package was delivered & on his ring camera a dog went onto his porch & ripped the bag open and ate the large bag of chocolate. He said he called the dog owner and she became very upset and said she was taking her dog to the vet because chocolate is toxic for dogs & she would be sending him the bill. The man was asking if he could be sued or criminally charged if the dog were to die and asked for advice.
You be the officer here. What are you advising or telling this man?👮♂️🚔
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WOAH… A young woman just told Republicans that sitting out the midterms is a vote for the other side, and she didn't hold back..
She told them to think of "the millions of innocent babies being sIaughtered every single day," the border, boys in girls' bathrooms and kids "permanently, surgically changed,"
Elon is also sounding the alarm by claiming America is FINISHED if Dems get all the power back. They’re both exactly right.
We lost one of the greats!
In 1952, an English teacher named Cecil Dormand secretly paid for a dirt-poor 11-year-old to take a drama course.
He never told him and the boy didn’t find out until decades later.
By then, he was a knight, that little boy’s name was Patrick Stewart.
He was born into a poor family in Mirfield, a small mill town in Yorkshire and his father came home from World War II a violent man, and he was violent toward Patrick’s mother.
Young Patrick learned exactly when to step between his father’s fist and his mother.
An English teacher put a copy of Shakespeare in his hand and told him to get up and perform.
He never stopped and left school at 15.
By 19 he was completely bald... most agencies told him he'd never make it because of that.
In 1987, the LA Times called him an “unknown British Shakespearean actor” when he was cast as Captain Picard.
Then he became one of the most famous faces on Earth.
You’ve probably heard that part.
Here’s the part you haven’t:
He spent decades as a patron of Refuge, sheltering women and children from domestic violence.
But he never stopped trying to understand his father.
He dug up a 1940 newspaper clipping that said his dad had come home with severe shell shock.
He went to France and walked the ground where his father’s unit was pinned down under bombing for hours.
He learned his father had PTSD, and nobody ever helped him.
So Patrick became an ambassador for Combat Stress, a charity that helps veterans.
In 2013, a young woman at a Texas convention told him she was a survivor of domestic violence.
He asked, “My dear, are you okay?”
Then he hopped off the stage, held her, and told her: “You never have to go through that again, you’re safe now.”
At Dragon Con, a Make-A-Wish girl dressed as Spock came to meet him.
2,000 people were waiting for him to speak... he sat down and talked with her for 15 minutes, making all of them wait.
He told her that since they were friends now, whenever she saw him on screen she could wave and say, “Hello Patrick.”
After 9/11, he felt helpless, so he brought his one-man A Christmas Carol back to Broadway for a full week of charity shows.
He played every character himself and donated every cent.
In 2019 he did it again, and every dollar went to feeding hungry New Yorkers.
In 2017, he fostered a pit bull named Ginger, who had been rescued from a dogfighting ring.
She was his first dog in more than 50 years.
He couldn’t bring her home to England, so he found her a family.
Then he kept fostering more.
When he said he was done with Star Trek so many people told him the show had gotten them through the hardest times of their lives.
So he wanted to see if Picard could do it one more time.
Rest in Peace, Sir Patrick 🖖
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ATTENTION @elonmusk @X @Support @Premium @BasedMikeLee
Someone suspended my account! Thus i cancelled my PREMIUM for this account as you can see no Blue Check! Yet.... Yet y'all keep stealing my money for an account I am not allowed to use. I complained to my Credit card which pays for Premium for 3 accounts, they refunded me a charge, and y'all re charged me. Then I asked for a refund through X Billing and was DENIED multiple times!
Is this how you treat good paying customers? You delete their account and then keep stealing money and will not let them cancel a service they cannot use?
Do you know how I know that YOU all do not care? I am not allowed to complain here because no one sees my posts who can do anything, so thus no one is doing anything! Well y'all are doing something, you are ignoring me and stealing my money!
Don't believe me? Go to my page and scroll down and look at my numbers!
What are my options at this point? There is no recourse. My mom just died less than 2 weeks ago and no one sees those posts. I don't have any money to hire a Lawyer. There's virtually no one else I can call or attempt to ask for any help!
Pleas reinstate my account and this will not matter, I will continue to pay for Premium. If not please REFUND my money you have taken for services you know I am not getting and canceled many times now!
Thank you for time you are not giving me. If anyone reads this far, please, LIKE, REPOST and quote post it to Elon and ask him to please help me!! Thank you all!
Victor the SnakeMannn
@SnakeMannn ~~ @SnakeMannn1A
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To Muslims who choose to live in Japan,
You should never have to abandon your faith to live here. Nobody should demand that you remove your hijab, eat pork, or drink alcohol.
But there is a difference between practicing your religion and expecting an entire society to live by its rules.
You are free to avoid pork. But you cannot expect everyone else to do the same. You are free to follow halal dietary rules. But other people’s food choices deserve the same respect.
Religious freedom means the freedom to practice your faith, not the right to impose it on others.
The same principle applies to mosques, burial grounds, and religious accommodations. Communities have legitimate concerns about land use, traffic, noise, and environmental impact. These issues deserve honest discussion and fair rules, not automatic approval or automatic rejection simply because religion is involved.
Japan has its own history, customs, and social expectations. You do not have to abandon your identity to respect them.
And Japanese people should not have to abandon theirs to accommodate you.
Living together requires compromise from everyone. It cannot work if one side is always expected to change while the other side is never willing to adapt.
Respect Japan’s culture, just as you expect others to respect your faith.
That is not discrimination.
That is mutual respect.
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Maybe this will help my liberal family/friends to better understand where I stand.
Just to clear the air: I’m an Independent who leans conservative, but that doesn’t mean what a lot of you apparently think it does. Let’s break it down, because I’m tired of being told what I believe and what I stand for.
Spoiler: not every conservative is the same, but most of us I know share these same principles:
1. I believe America should never depend on another country for energy, protection, or basic supply and demand. We are strongest when we build, produce, and protect things right here in the USA.
2. I believe America must put itself first. We cannot pour from an empty cup. Our country should prioritize our own people before trying to save the world.
3. I believe only legal citizens have the right to vote. You must have a valid ID to vote. I also believe in a secure election process.
4. I believe no foreign aid should be given until every veteran and every senior citizen is taken care of.
5. I believe immigrants make America stronger — when they come legally. If your first act in this country is breaking the law, or protesting by waving another countries flag in America in protest you are not an upstanding citizen.
6. You can marry who you want. I may agree or disagree with your lifestyle, but your life is not mine to judge, I leave that to God Almighty.
7. I believe men are men and women are women. Surgery or hormones don’t change that. Men should use men’s bathrooms, and women should use women’s bathrooms.
8. I believe schools are for education, not indoctrination. Kids should learn math, history, reading, and science - not political propaganda. They should not be taught they were “born in the wrong body” or pushed into gender delusion.
9. I believe America is in a mental health crisis. Mental health care is real, it matters, and it desperately needs to be addressed.
10. I believe guns aren’t the problem - people are. Gun control only infringes on constitutional rights. But I also believe in common sense: background checks are necessary to keep firearms out of the hands of the mentally ill.
I’m a conservative because I believe in faith, family, freedom, and personal responsibility. I don’t want a government that controls every aspect of our lives - I want a government that protects our rights, secures our borders, defends our freedoms, and then gets out of the way. We are strongest when Americans take care of America first, when families are supported, when our veterans are honored, and when our children are given truth, not propaganda. I love this country, and I believe it’s worth fighting for.
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Greetings all, this William Banks again with an update regarding my dad.
First, I want to say thank you so much to everyone who has liked and commented on here. Your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated.
Unfortunately, the prognosis right now is not good.
My dad sustained bilateral pulmonary contusions (bruised lungs), resulting in a severe hemothorax (his chest cavity filled with blood), as well as a Grade 1 liver laceration. The bleeding is under control for now, but there are concerns about the possibility of a clot becoming dislodged and causing further bleeding.
His spine is severely compromised. The C2–C4 region (his neck) sustained substantial trauma, resulting in complete paralysis of his left arm. His right arm and hand have limited mobility and function. Additionally, these injuries have compromised his ability to breathe and maintain his blood pressure independently. As a result, he is currently dependent on a ventilator and vasopressors.
The T8–T12 region (his back) also sustained massive injuries, those vertebrae and portion of the spinal cord were crushed. The medical consensus is that he will never walk again.
An MRI of his brain revealed minor ischemic injury (tissue damage caused by insufficient blood flow) in his motor cortex. However, his higher cognitive functions appear to be intact. He is able to answer yes-or-no questions by blinking, as well as track people and objects with his eyes.
Frankly, there are about a million things that could go sideways here. Even in the best-case scenario, life will never be the same.
Please continue to keep my dad and our family in your prayers. I appreciate each and every one of you, and I cannot thank you enough for your support.
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HISTORY LESSON ON YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD:
Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn’t know this. It’s easy to check out, if you don’t believe it. Be sure and show it to your family and friends. They need a little history lesson on what’s what and it doesn’t matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are FACTS.
Up until the 1980's, Social Security cards expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes.
Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message was removed.
Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. His promises are in black, with updates in brackets.
1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary [No longer voluntary],
2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program [Now 7.65% on the first $90,000, and 15% on the first $90,000 if you’re self-employed],
3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year [No longer tax deductible],
4.) That the money the participants put into the independent ‘Trust Fund’ rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program [Under Johnson the money was moved to the General Fund and spent], and
5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income [Under Clinton & Gore up to 85% of your Social Security can be taxed].
Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month — and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to ‘put away’ — you may be interested in the following:
Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate.
Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?
A: The Democratic Party.
Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities?
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the ‘tie-breaking’ deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US
AND MY FAVORITE:
Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants?
A: That’s right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party. Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!
Now, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!
And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it! If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve. Maybe not, though. Some Democrats are awfully sure of what isn’t so — but it’s worth a try.
