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senseandsensibility's Journal
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February 9, 2026

Well, I'm all in for this. According to a NBC news, a cup (or 2 or 3) of coffee or tea a day

reduces your risk of dementia. Those who drink the most caffeinated coffee have the lowest risk of the disease. Apparently, this is a new "long awaited" study.

Throughout my life, I have struggled with trying to control my caffein intake. Was it all for naught?

Oh well, I currently drink 2 or 3 cups a day, so I will keep on keeping on without the guilt, I guess!

February 9, 2026

Trump Accepts Ownership of Economy: "I'm Very Proud of It"

More of this please. He said it today in a new interview with NBC. On video. I hope Dems are keying up to fling this back in his face daily. What a buffoon.

Of course, tomorrow he'll be back to blaming Biden, but he still needs this flung back in his face at every opportunity.
February 8, 2026

Ah yes, yogurt and "ferments": RFK's relatable Super Bowl snack

So the administration sent RFK out to FAUX on Super Bowl Sunday to spread his all American Super Bowl snack ideas that the average Jane or Joe will surely relate to. It went about as expected.

RFK: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."

As Jared Quesadilla put it on bluesky, Anyone in the administration be normal challenge Level: Impossible

February 8, 2026

Absolutely nothing against Bad Bunny, but ....

Can we also get some love for Green Day? Fighting the good fight for decades, and I guarantee they will not hold back today. Also, they are a local band (SF Bay Area) that I grew up with.

Also, for what it's worth, Go Seahawks! Edited to add that I watched it live on local NBC TV and I didn't notice, but now I'm reading that networks muted some of the lyrics to American Idiot. Don't know if that's true or not.

February 8, 2026

"We Will Pay" Savannah Guthrie's new plea to the kidnapper

CNN chyron right now. This is a new video and she sounds desperate.

February 7, 2026

ICE Protests is trending on bluesky right now. Big Protests today!

Will Stancil warns that ICE is NOT letting up at all inspite of their paltry 700 troop withdrawl. There are protests today to mark the one month anniversary of Renee Good's death. According to Stancil, ICE is coming down even harder on observers. He warns that the national press should not check out of MN yet.

On a lighter note, one comment was amusing. Apparently, white MN residents are flying Mexican flags on their vehicles so that ICE will waste time pulling them over. They call it ICE fishing. Just some MN humor for y'all.

February 7, 2026

Hakeem Jeffries unplugged

Chris Hayes just showed Jeffries' instagram post where apparently, he says *%$$ Trump and lets loose. He says that Barak and Michelle Obama are the BEST of this country and called on Thune and Johnson to denounce this "serial fraudster" who is sitting at Pennsylvania Avenue pretending to be president of the United States. He shows real outrage and who can blame him?

February 6, 2026

CNN doing a good job on trump's racist post believe it or not!

Chyron: Trump Deletes Racist Video Featuring Obamas: Doesn't Apologize
The network is calling it racist and stating that he didn't apologize in the chyron. I appreciate this because although CNN is often critical of trump if you take time to listen to their entire broadcast, their chyrons are often just quotes from the administration that are provably false.

In addition, Casey Hunt said that they will show the "meme", which they did, because we shouldn't look away. They also showed many other examples of trump's racism, and no one on the "panel", not even the Rs, had anything but scathing comments.

February 6, 2026

Ron Filipkowski points out what Rs SHOULD learn from the racist Obama post

He points out on bluesky that the administration did not delete the racist post or blame the staffer because they realized it was wrong, racist and offensive.

No, they did so because R politicians posted about it and called it racist.

As Filipkowski points out, there is a lesson to be learned here if only the Republicans will learn it.

February 6, 2026

Which party is trusted more on affordability? It's not even close!

According to Harry Enten on CNN, Democrats are trusted more by 14 percent of all voters and a walloping thirty nine percent of Independents! Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

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