The AP, one of the alleged recipients of USAID largesse, has come out swinging:
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-funding-trump-musk-misinformation-c544a5fa1fe788da10ec714f462883d1
Do read the very last paragraph as it's hilarious. The article is basically "We're just neutral fact-checkers examining these claims..." [spends whole article doing technical nitpicking] "And by the way, did you know USAID is a wonderful independent agency bringing hope and innovation to 100 countries for 60 glorious years?"
The cognitive dissonance is amazing:
"These claims about USAID are misleading and need careful fact-checking. Also here's some unexamined agency propaganda we'll just drop in at the end apropos of nothing in particular!"
It's like watching someone insist they're not biased while wearing the team jersey.
Honest question: did any of y’all know training a dairy cow to be milked can be really hard? I had NO CLUE what I was getting myself into with this one! I truly thought you could just walk up to any cow and they just let you milk them. What a journey this has been. If I charged for my labor per hour what I used to make in TV news, I’d be rolling in milk money by now.
I believe one day we will be milking Maisy. For now, I’m planning to stay the course, slow and steady. Until the day we get our first gallon, I’ll be getting my butter oil from the fermented cod liver blend at Green Pasture! I just went to the dentist yesterday and got a clear check up. No cavities. Hallelujah! Use promo code “ALISON” at check out for 10% off. https://greenpasture.org/
A short clip from yesterday's show where Jared Bedke says starvation is likely in the near future. The USA beef herd is at its lowest since the 1950s as ranchers are selling off their breeding cows in large part due to drought. Bedke's family has been raising cattle in southern Idaho for several generations and he is predicting food shortages - not just beef - on the horizon. What do you think?
So if you're planning to stock up on steaks, make sure you protect your teeth with some fermented cod liver/butter oil from Green Pasture! I used to get chronic cavities and I started taking it - within months my dental health had improved and I stopped getting cavities. I was likely Vitamin D deficient. This product is fermented instead of processed using high heat, so the nutrients are preserved. Make sure to use promo code "ALISON" at check out for 10% off. https://greenpasture.org/
We drove 90 minutes to Central Florida yesterday to go peach picking at a friend’s farm and then stopped to get feed and hay on the way home. We were gone all day, and the goats must have sensed something. They figured out a way to open the pasture gate and free themselves into the backyard, helping themselves to all of the hay and grass their bellies could hold.
it is a good thing. I take the fermented cod liver/concentrated butter oil blend from green pasture. As a 44-year old mom of littles, as well as goat wrangler, I need the energy from all the vitamins and omega 3s in it. The secret is in the sourcing and processing - wild fish and fermentation instead of high heat. Say goodbye to cheap fish oils and head to https://greenpasture.org/ - make sure to use “ALISON” as your promo code at check out for 10% off.
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/7-deadly-sins-tuesday-june-2-2026?
Happy Nuclear Family month!
Great quote:
“In his terrific book Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis cogently observed, “The essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.”
In The Great Sin, Lewis added, “Pride is spiritual cancer. It eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.” That was in the 1950s. Lewis was far ahead of his time. If he were still around, I would like to shake his hand.”
