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09/27/2025

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08/17/2024

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04/07/2024

Taking Luna to the dog park for the first time. Can't wait to see her reaction!

11/11/2023

There coming already!

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08/01/2023

Can't believe today is the final day with children in the home.
Today Benjamin is officially moving into college at Hope International. It was tuff to see him go but excited to see him grow as a young adult and can't wait to see him help Hope International win soccer games!

01/10/2023

House Votes to Adopt Rules Package That Dissidents Demanded, McCarthy Accepted
By Mark Tapscott
January 9, 2023 Updated: January 10, 2023
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Republicans held a spirited debate over the proposed rules to govern how the House of Representatives does its business in the 118th Congress and then adopted a major package of reforms they say will restore accountability and transparency for the public.

The 55-page rules package was approved on a 220–213 vote that followed Republicans defeating a Democratic motion to recommit the rules package to a committee for revision. Both of the votes were conducted with a newly adopted five-minute rule. Previously, most House votes allowed members 15 minutes to cast their ballots.

All 212 Democrats voted against the rules. One Republican, Rep. Tony Gonzalez of Texas, joined Democrats in voting against the rules package, citing his concerns about not cutting defense spending. Another Texas Republican, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, did not vote.

The reforms include restoration of a long-standing rule terminated by the previous Democratic-controlled House that enabled any individual member to move that the speaker’s chair be vacated, which if adopted forces a new vote for a speaker of the House. The rules also restore the right of individual members to offer amendments to legislation from the floor, require that all members have 72 hours to read proposed legislation before it is voted on, and require bills brought to the floor to cover a single subject.

House Majority Leader Stephen Scalise (R-La.) opened the rules debate by noting that “at the heart of all the discussions is that Washington is broken, and not just that Washington is broken, but the way that this House has been running in the last few years has not been designed to address the problems of the people across the country.”

Scalise claimed that “many of the problems that families are facing across America were created by the things that have come out of this Congress, signed by President [Joe] Biden. Why is inflation running away? Because spending is out of control because bills from the dark of night, where members are not allowed to give input in committee or on the floor, to address problems they know their constituents will face if these bills are passed and they’re passed because they are written in rooms behind closed doors by a small number of people not concerned about the consequences that will affect so many people across this nation.”

Responding to Scalise, outgoing House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), who managed the Democratic response on the House floor to the Republicans in the rules debate, claimed that “our Republicans campaigned that they can fight inflation and fight for the American people but instead all they have done is come to Washington and fight with each other

01/10/2023

Chinese entities buying up land in the U.S. is nothing new. Via a 2022 article from Newsweek, Chinese companies own roughly $1.9 billion in agricultural land in the U.S., which is equal to around 192,000 acres, based on statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

According to the Western Journal, that number is shockingly eclipsed by billionaire Bill Gates, who is now the largest private owner of U.S. farmland, with approximately 270,000 acres under his control.

The U.S., in total, has around 900 million acres of agricultural land.

DeSantis’s comments about the CCP encroaching on American turf came after a report from the National Association of Realtors revealed that Chinese real estate investors dumped around $6.1 billion into American assets over the course of 12 months, the New York Post reported.

Some sources are claiming that DeSantis is seeking to ban China from purchasing any property in the state of Florida.

In the past, the governor has stated that Chinese land purchases are highly suspect. “From a national security perspective, is that something that we want to see?” he remarked during a press conference in September 2022. “And a lot of times, there’ll be companies that will put themselves out as private, but if you peel back the onion a little bit, they’re basically controlled by the [CCP].”

However, Chinese overreach is not the only thing DeSantis is taking a stand against in the Sunshine State. According to a report from Fox News, a new bill has been introduced to the Florida State Legislature that will replace “woke” Walt Disney World’s self-governing status with a state-run board.

A spokesperson for Gov. DeSantis’s office, Taryn Fenske, commented to Fox, “Imposing a state-controlled board will also ensure that Orange County cannot use this issue as a pretext to raise taxes on Orange County residents.”

This is yet another move from Gov. DeSantis to put the corporate giant in its place after having operated within the boundaries of its own self-governing power.

01/02/2023

SB 107, which makes California a “sanctuary state” for transgender kids.

SB 107, which makes California a “sanctuary state” for transgender kids.

The third law that goes into effect on the first, is a Covid misinformation law. Signed in September, the law will require medical licensing boards in the state of California to take disciplinary action against doctors who are involved with the “dissemination of misinformation or disinformation related to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, or ‘COVID-19’. (So here siliencing the truth of what covid-19 was all about.)

Freedom to Walk Act,” the law will prevent law enforcement from stopping people who are crossing the street not at a crosswalk unless they are in visible danger.

The law claims that jaywalking is a racist crime because it is so-called enforced unfairly in “communities of color” where people apparently cannot afford to pay the fines.
1) I was given a Jay-walking ticket in Poway, Ca and I am not of color decent.

2) I couldnt pay that ticket then; however, found a way to do so, because it was the Law. Protecting the safety of the individual, to me, not a bad thing.
As for the cost of the ticket, It should be a minimal cost, that I agree on.)

WHAT ARE YOUR THOIGHTS ON THESE MEW LAWS FOR 2023?

07/31/2022

Our annual trip this year was to Catalina Island.
I always enjoy this place!