There is No longer a Republican Party.

In My Opinion

The kindest name for the “so called” Republican Party would be the Authoritarian Party.  In reality, it has become the Chaotic-Facist Party!

…….BUT……..

It should now be CFP not GOP  —  CHAOTIC-FACIST PARTY!
It should be CAP not GOP — Chaotic-Authoritarian Party
It should be CTP not GOP — Chaotic-Totalitarian Party

 

There no longer is a Republican Party as it has morphed under Trumpianism.

 

We Republicans of yesteryear do NOT any longer have a party.  There is no longer a Conservative Party either, but now there is an extremist party in its place.

I wish the media and they themselves would stop referring to them as Republican as they are not.  Also, stop referring to the party as Conservative as it is longer that either.

There may be a remote and rare member of the current now existing party that is actually republican and conservative, but they are ineffective and hidden.

The existing PARTY is NOT trying to “Make America Great Again” or at all. The existing PARTY is trying to destroy America and what America should be in an improved manner.

Food Lists [4/22/2024] -updated-coffee potassium

Diabetes Kidney weight loss

For a more inclusive and general listing visit: PDF — US Booklet 72 — Nutritive Value of Foods

[US Dept of Agriculture booklet]

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Food Lists in Word .docx format to download:  Food List in docx format

Food Lists in PDF format to download:  Food List in pdf format

 

Note 1:  Points and such are loosely based on Weight Watchers and the labels on the products.  Although some 1/4 cups are listed, I don’t track below 1/2 point or 1/2 carb, etc.  I rounded up in most cases.   If in doubt the above booklet helps.  Weight Watchers is great and I have lost weight on it in the past.  However, I needed to track a lot more than points.

Handy Favorite Food List Notes [10/6/2023 update]

Diabetes weight loss

Pineapple, cranberries, red grapes, and apples are all kidney-friendly fruits with anti-inflammatory properties are good fruits for Kidney Disease.

The best beverage to drink on a kidney diet is 2 liters of water. Sparkling water, lemon water, and [unsweetened] green teas are also good options.  Lemon-lime soda [diet], lemonade [diet], and root beer [can only have clear soda and diet] are low in phosphorus, although they can be high in added sugars unless you drink diet soda with no sugars.

Limit intake of foods with high levels of phosphate or phosphate additives such as organ meats, whole grain breads, processed foods, cola beverages, cheese, dried beans, liver, peanut butter, dairy products and chocolate.

 

SALT:

  • ¼ tsp salt = 575 mg = 15% of 2300 mg
  • ½ tsp salt = 1150 mg = 50% of 2300 mg
  • ¾ tsp salt = 1725 mg = 75% of 2300 mg
  • 1 tsp level salt = 2300 mg = 100% of 2300 mg

Body needs only 500 mg of salt per day, however.

Kidney disease diet should be no more than 65% salt per day.

 

PROTEIN:  1000 mg = 1 gram

  • 7 grams = 1 oz
  • 21 grams = 3 oz
  • 28 grams = 4 oz

 

STEVIA SWEETENER:

The World Health Organization defines the acceptable daily intake (ADI) as 4 mg of stevia per kilogram of body weight. According to an FDA estimate, that means a 150-pound person could safely eat up to 10 packets of stevia a day—way more than you actually need, considering its intense sweetness.

 

FAT: I am not discerning between saturated and other fats, but grouping all fats under “fat”.

  • One teaspoon equals about five grams of fat. 12 teaspoons, which is the same as ¼ cup.  If you’re following a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, your target range for total fat is 44 to 78 grams a day.
  • So for 1200 to 1600 calorie diet, 26.4 to 48.8 grams a day.
  • 5 servings of 5 grams = 26 appx grams a day which equals 5 tsp which is one tblsp + 2 tsp of fat
  • 10 servings of 5 grams = 50 appx grams a day which equals 10 tsp which is less than ¼ cup of fat

Thus, I am considering maximum fat allowed to be 1 tblsp + 2 tsp to 3 tblsp + 1 tsp.

 

SOYBEANS:

Soy foods may be beneficial for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), dialysis patients and those with a kidney transplant as a low-saturated fat, cholesterol-free meat replacement. Similar to animal protein, soy is also a high quality protein, but is plant-based instead.

And we found that dietary soy was associated with significant decrease of serum creatinine, serum phosphorus, CRP (C reactive protein)and proteinuria in the predialysis subgroup.

Soy products contain large amounts of chemicals called oxalates. Oxalates are the main ingredient in kidney stones. If you have a history of kidney stones, avoid taking large amounts of soy. Milk allergy: Children who are very allergic to cow’s milk might also be sensitive to soy products.  Some soy products can have high potassium, phosphorus, and sodium levels. Since large amounts of these nutrients can be harmful for people with kidney disease, we encourage you to carefully read food labels to learn the nutrient content in soy products.  Eating too much of it can cause hormonal imbalance and thyroid issues.

Treatment for hypothyroidism usually includes taking the thyroid hormone medicine levothyroxine (Levo-T, Synthroid, others) every day. Research has shown that soy can make it harder for the body to absorb that medicine. But people who have hypothyroidism don’t need to avoid soy completely

 

Phosphatase

If you have high alkaline phosphatase levels, it is advisable to avoid or minimize alcohol intake to protect liver health. High-Sugar Foods and Beverages: High-sugar foods and beverages, such as sugary sodas, candies, pastries, and desserts, can contribute to weight gain and metabolic disturbances.

Which foods are omega-3 fatty acids?

Fish and other seafood (especially cold-water fatty fish, such as salmon, mackerel, tuna, herring, and sardines) Nuts and seeds (such as flaxseed, chia seeds, and walnuts) Plant oils (such as flaxseed oil, soybean oil, and canola oil)Jul 18, 2022

Diet Worksheet [updated 10/19/2024] updated — bottom boxes

Diabetes Kidney weight loss

The food list incorporates foods I would eat.  However, someone else might eat differently.  The food list is geared to my diseases and concerns. Someone else would need to add/subtract from the food list.

The numbers used throughout this diet system are for those who are female, over 65, and sedate.  If you are male, active, trying to gain weight or bulk, and younger, your numbers of allowed intake will be different.  However listings of foods points, carbs, fats, etc will be the same.  The number of allowed points, etc will be different depending on your lifestyle [active-sedate, losing-bulking up weight], gender, and well being [health diseases or lack of].  — If in doubt, see a nutritionist, check the internet, read product labels.

Some dairy is required, but limit its use.

AS I NEED TO TRACT SO MUCH, I made a Daily Diet Listing.  The daily diet listing is then used to do the Monthly Summary.  This diet system is to help me keep tract of how I am doing health-wise.

This form [below] is 11″ by 8 1/2″ [a bit wider for Items/size]

Note:  This form is for a sedate 77 yr old so if you follow this system, adjust for age, activity level, and health.

Lunch/Dinner can be switched upon day’s need or situation.

My Opinion: Business and/or Social Bad Person

In My Opinion

Such a person:

1. Buys into business concepts and practices [most of which are mostly unethical, unkind, and overall bad behaviours {not including illegal things]]
2. Plays office/business politics
3. Manipulates to make things look different than they are for their own advantage
4. Kisses up to various people for their own advantage
5. Makes others look bad for their own advantage [when not necessary or appropriate]
6. Try to carry their influence to outside of the work place when it is not appropriate or even correct in order to make themselves look good to others socially
7. Inappropriate judgement of others to cause harm
8. Try to involve others in bad behavior or support of such.
9. Try to make others to blame for their misdeeds or mistakes.
10. Considers others as furniture or purchased items to be used as desired and not as hired or associated with for specifically mutually agreed upon purposes.

My Opinion: Bullies

In My Opinion

Such [predatory] a person is:

1. a person with narcissistic personality disorder

2. a bully [a blustering, mean, or predatory person who, from a perceived position of relative power, intimidates, abuses, harasses, or coerces people, especially those considered unlikely to defend themselves]

3. has an pretentious ego. [Pretentious is characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved.]

[Remember that some people cannot be dealt with no matter what and it is their fault not yours. It is actually foolish and stupid to try to do so.

Don’t let bad/evil/sinful people change who you are and what you think as well as your behavior.

If you support Trumpanistic Behavior — YOU are a BAD person.

In My Opinion

Trumpism and Trumpianistic:

Trumpism and being Trumpianistic is a term for the political ideologies, social emotions, style of governance, political movement and set of mechanisms for acquiring and keeping power that are associated with Donald Trump, and his political base.                   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpism

[I added Trumpainistic as even if Trump followers no longer have Trump to follow, there are Trump want-a-be people and Trump-like behavior in officials and various general public members that will still be around long after Trump is retired or dead.

BEHAVIOR CHARACTERISTIC:

  • Lies [not even based on any tiny part of truth]
  • Threats
  • Instigation of Violence [in the public’s face no less]
  • Illegal Behaviors
  • Belief that one is above the law and does not need to comply with laws of the land.
  • Mean and hurtful verbal interactions with others especially women
  • Non-respectful of women [He thinks they liked to be groped and sexually assaulted as he think it is a pass because he dose not know the difference.]
  • Telling others what to think through threats and false influence
  • Radical and Insurrectionist Beliefs and Concepts
  • Anti-Democracy where everyone has a right to easily vote and speak their own point of view. [“Trumpism is greatest threat to American democracy since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor” per Philip S. Gorski]
  • Inappropriate strong arming officials, agencies, and the general public in a detrimental result
  • Childish, erratic, temperamental, authoritarian, angry-resentful-vengeful, berserk, insulting, and emotional in a damaging manner
  • No caring or advocating the rights of anyone but one’s self while walking over or destroying anyone else’s rights [Claiming amendment rights but keeping others from having the same rights]
  • Supporting fringe behavior such as white supremacist and other extreme groups
  • Haveing a World War II Hitler like relationship with Trump and blindly following such a Nazi type leader [following such behaviour instead of decent behavior or God, himself] [According to civil rights lawyer Burt Neuborne and political theorist William E. Connolly, Trumpist rhetoric employs tropes similar to those used by fascists in Germany to persuade citizens (at first a minority) to give up democracy, by using a barrage of falsehoods, half-truths, personal invective, threats, xenophobia, national-security scares, religious bigotry, white racism, exploitation of economic insecurity, and a never-ending search for scapegoats. Neuborne found twenty parallel practices,[137] such as creating what amounts to an “alternate reality” in adherents’ minds, through direct communications, by nurturing a fawning mass media and by deriding scientists to erode the notion of objective truth;[138] organizing carefully orchestrated mass rallies;[139] bitterly attacking judges when legal cases are lost or rejected;[140] using an uninterrupted stream of lies, half-truths, insults, vituperation and innuendo designed to marginalize, demonize and eventually destroy opponents;[139] making jingoistic appeals to ultranationalist fervor;[139] and promising to slow, stop and even reverse the flow of “undesirable” ethnic groups who are cast as scapegoats for the nation’s ills ]
  • Lack of knowing good from bad [and teaching others and children such lack of knowledge including advocating that bad IS good and good IS bad]
  • Dark Corrupting Influence of others [keeping people from doing their jobs that they were elected to do ]
  • Discriminating on economic level, race, or where one lives
  • Transforming anxiety into anger and directing it at particular targets [dominance by reminding everybody of wrath AND force and others into submission thereby]
  • Creating barbaric, if not sub-human levels of consciousness with mindless anarchic goals [anarchic = with no controlling rules or principles to give order]
  • Creating a situation or atmosphere that is more combative and less ideological
  • Having and supporting narcissism [Narcissism is extreme self-involvement to the degree that it makes a person ignore the needs of those around them. While everyone may show occasional narcissistic behavior, true narcissists frequently disregard others or their feelings. They also do not understand the effect that their behavior has on other people.]
  • Not complying with the rights of business owners to make rules for their establishments, business, media, etc. for the safety of other shoppers, users, or the safety of their business.  [Thinking your rights are more significant that anyone else’s rights to shop, eat, fly, post a message, etc.] [Obviously, businesses must follow legal laws for their businesses, but otherwise, they have the right to serve those whom they choose to serve: like refusing those who do not wear shoes, not bringing animals into a restaurant, not wearing a mask, not behaving in an appropriate manner, etc]
  • Destruction of property that is not yours or interfering with the operation of any system. [access to property or business, access to intersections or locations, vandalism, interference with normal operation of established functions]
  • Taking away other peoples rights and/or disregard for others rights.

 

By supporting Trump and his cohorts, you are aiding and abetting him/them in the above behavior and are therefore  active participants in such behaviors.
You are supporting and following Trump or Trumpianistic-behaviour and NOT God or family values !

 

NOTE:

{Trump is clearly stating that Christian groups are supporting him and extensively within his “base”.  I am clearly stating that you cannot be a practicing Christian and be in his “base” supporting and abetting him and his cohorts in this behavior.  At least other governmental groups do not flaunt their “shadowed” bad behavior publicly [on purpose] as good and appropriate behavior.  I know all governmental groups lie to the public on many occasions, but Trump and his cohorts are way over the line and flaunting such in our faces as good.  [I am a Christian and believe our country is great even it there are immense problems to solve AND I find this offensive.]

SUCH SO CALLED CHRISTIAN GROUPS MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN GOD OR TRUMP [or Trumpianistic-behaviours as God and Trump/Trumpianistic-behaviours] as God and this behaviour  are not compatible.

A Christian Group should have righteous indignation regarding this kind of behavior and not aid and support it.

Mary Emma {Cook} Wilcox

Family Pictures

 

        

 

Douglas “Doc” Madison died of a heart attack in 1963.  I will always consider him my father.  George may have contributed

to my DNA, but Douglas Madison WAS my father.

Mary & Glen Wilcox married in the 1970’s divorced and remarried.  He died of old age.

Howie and Mom never married, but were very close friends.  He was her last man personal-friend.  He died of old age. He was a Veteran.

Ocarina: Expert Advice is Online

beginner Ocarina

There are great Ocarina websites that give online instruction for playing the Ocarina in various holes and shapes.  There are many free sheet music sites for the Ocarina too.

The songs/diagrams/info on this website are the ones I used as I am a beginner [not expert] player who has poor eyesight and problems with my hands/fingers [handicapped] and still want to play the instrument.  When I get more acquainted with the instrument, I plan to use some of the online helps myself.

Also, I had to pick a design of Ocarina that worked better with my hands in shape and weight of instrument.