@vocaltest I 100% agree with this. It's kind of sad to see almost all gummies, most brands for me just don't work anyway.
In Oregon back when it was medical card only, there were so many good edible companies. Now that it's been rec. for years the quality of the edibles has gone waay down.
Chase is doing this too.
Chase creates a voiceprint (biometric) from calls for security verification. It’s not fully opt-in; they start building it during calls.
Best action: Explicitly tell the representative (or AI if it escalates): “I do not consent to voice recording, voiceprint creation, or any biometric use of my voice. Please opt me out of Voice ID and handle this with additional security questions only.”
Confirm with the agent that you’re opted out. But, you may still hear disclaimers on future calls. 🫤
https://t.co/LqtRWqPPjw
As for Walmart, disable the mic on the app, and on the phone say:
“I do not consent to this call being recorded or my voice being used for any biometric, AI training, or data collection purposes. Please note my opt-out and proceed with text-based or additional verification only. Transfer to a human if necessary.”
I feel like now days for any other future AI voice biometrics you should remember this sentence 👆🏼and use it to create an objection record with all.
Walmart updated their new AI call system for when customer call in
It now says, “This call and your voice may be recorded for quality or other business purposes”
You won’t believe what their “other business serves” are…
It is not limited to AI training, voice cloning datasets, emotion tracking, behavioral analysis, customer profiling, speech recognition systems
So when you call into Walmart they are literally recording. then storing your voice. It can possibly be used for things like “voice cloning” and more
This is horrifying and it’s really happening
Here are some of the more controversial uses:
- behavioral profiling
- emotion detection
- cross-linking voice data with customer profiles
- long-term biometric storage
- AI model training without clear opt-in transparency (You are literally just calling in to talk to customer service)
Even worse, modern AI systems can extract a lot more information from speech than people realize:
- accent
- emotional state
- stress
- probable age range
- speaking habits
- identity likelihood
- purchase intent
- deception indicators (though these systems are often unreliable)
All this and voice cloning….
Some states have started to pass legislation to stop this but it’s still in the early stages so companies are getting away with it
Chocolate sold in America is going through 2 changes
Almost our entire candy isle for chocolate in America will be effected by 1 of these 2 new techniques:
- Lab grown chocolate
- Genetically modified chocolate by gene slicing
“California Cultured is the startup company that's growing cocoa cells in a tank. A lot of you asked, is this just one company? No, it's the entire industry”
But wait till you hear what the Mars candy company's doing that's far worse in my view.
Here's what every major player in the chocolate industry's doing right now
- Lindt is investing in lab-grown cocoa
- Mondelez, the maker of Cadbury, Oreos, and Toblerone, is investing in lab-grown cocoa butter
- Barry Callebaut, the world's largest cocoa processor, is investing in cocoa cell culture
Barry Callebaut isn't a name you'd recognize on a wrapper, but they supply chocolate to Hershey and Nestlé under long-term contracts. When they move, half the candy aisle moves with them”
Here’s where things get really scary
“Mars, the makers of M&M's, Snickers, Dove, Twix, Milky Way, Mars Bars, and Three Musketeers, among others, is doing something completely different. And this is cause for alarm in my opinion.
— Mars partnered with a lab at UC Berkeley where CRISPR, the gene editing technology, was developed. They're going to modify the cacao tree's genetic structure by clipping out certain genes to make them more resistant to disease and drought tolerant.
This is Frankenfood. Genetically modified Frankenfood
Here’s why they are doing this
Global chocolate demand's rising about 3% every year. At the same time, 70% of the world's cocoa comes from West Africa, and West Africa is getting hammered by droughts, higher temperatures, and a nasty virus
Pests and diseases cause yearly losses of about 30 to 40% of the total global cocoa production
So major companies have decided to grow it in a lab or genetically modify the trees
The question is whether the solutions they've chosen are proportionate to the risk
I’d say no, absolutely not. We all know the second these things are done they will start selling it to us with no long term safety studies and no idea how it will effect our health
It’s coming so be warned
IP28 is straight up insanity.
You’re not “saving animals” you’re criminalizing farmers, hunters, and anyone who produces food.
No livestock. No hunting. No local meat.
Just higher prices, lost jobs, and total chaos.
Oregon already struggles with cost of living… now you want to destroy our food supply too?
Get out of here with this nonsense. 🖕🏼
Check your meat!
If you can, buy from a local butcher. Some of the over the counter meat in grocery stores seems to be lab grown. I wish MAHA/RFK Jr. would do something about this.
The fall of Portland, Oregon
Here are major retailers that left Portland over declining conditions due to Democrat policies from 2022–2026
- Nike Community Factory Store (Operated since 1984, 40 years)
Closed permanently because of 276 shoplifting reports in one year. They cited deteriorating public safety. Nike sent a letter to the mayor citing conditions
- Walmart (Both Portland Locations) 580 employees laid off
- Target (Three Stores) Reason: Explicitly cited organized retail crime and shoplifting
- REI Reason: Highest break-in rate in two decades; over $800,000 spent on extra security in 2022 (including multiple incidents, one with a vehicle through the doors on Black Friday)
- U.S. Bank (U.S. Bancorp Tower)
Announced it would not renew its long-term lease Building Sale: Sold in July 2025 for $45 million (down from $372 million in 2015 — ~88% value decline).
- Wells Fargo Announced plans to exit Portland
- Starbucks Closed at least 5–6 Portland locations in September 2025 alone.
- Nordstrom Rack (Downtown)
- CVS Pharmacy (SW Broadway)
Reason: Employee cited shoplifting as a factor
Malls Major Retail Centers also closed
Pioneer Place Mall: Once had roughly 100 stores. It’s now down to 20. Described as a “dead mall.”
• Lloyd Center Mall: Confirmed for full demolition. Now 90% vacant
PacWest Center: Sold October 2025 for $55.7 million (down from $170 million in 2016. That’s a 67% drop)
- Montgomery Park: Sold August 2024 for $33 million (down from $255 million in 2019, that’s a 87% drop)
Almost 3 years ago to the day I wrote an essay, “The Decline and Fall of Oregon Shakespeare Festival” (Linked in comments) where I warned “Ashland (Oregon) without the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is Medford.”
Now, in a ripple effect, Southern Oregon University has fallen, likely soon to close. One of the first departments to close, before the whole thing shuts down? Theater.
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OREGON—The May 19th Primary Election is critical.
Measure 120 (gas tax) is on the ballot and will hit families, commuters, and small businesses. If we band together, we can win again. Vote NO on Measure 120! 💰
Key dates:
April 28 — Last day to register
April 29 — Ballots mailed to voters
May 19 — Election Day (8PM deadline)
Don’t leave your ballots on the kitchen counter. Vote early and bring your friends.
The popular Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Strawberry Soft Baked Breakfast Bars sold in America contain the same chemical used in wallpaper glue
- Nutri-Grain bars use Methylcellulose (wallpaper glue) as thickener/stabilizer
- One bar has 40 different ingredients
- The strawberry filling isn’t strawberries, it’s refined glucose and then artificially colored
- Hexane-stripped oil is used. The soybean oil is processed with hexane (a solvent) in industrial extraction
- Chemical gums are used for a long shelf life
The FDA is completely worthless
Our food is a science experiment
The popular Tapatio Hot Sauce brand has been purchased by a private equity firm
The family had never write the recipe down, it was always mixed in private by only people who knew it by memory
The recipe had to be written down and given to the private equity firm so they could expand distribution out of California
The Saavedra family had run the company for over 50 years out of Los Angeles
The new private equity firm owned say there is a stronger demand for hotter hot sauces throughout America because of drugs like Ozempic
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs apparently is caused people to crave more spice and taste in their meals
“As users of Ozempic and other weight loss drugs demand more flavor than they used to”
I’ve attended many great concerts at the Wonder. It’s my favorite venue in Portland for the artists they host. But they are as far left as you can get. I’d never advertise political leanings in any way there. Their security is antifa affiliated/sometimes SHARPS. I’m always worried they will recognize me.
He is not the first person this has happened to either. And nothing will happen legally speaking because the DA won’t bother because they don’t think they could win a case with a conservative as a victim.
‼️Here is my previous post about this piece of human garbage… He better get life or the death penalty. He is obviously a habitual violent predator. 😤🤬👇🏻
I’m so pissed... This scumbag was convicted of rape of 3 children and was sentenced to 10 years. He only served 2 years! 2 years out of 10!! 🤬 Then there is a huge backlog of registering sex offenders in Oregon so he went under the radar and he was able to kidnap a child. THIS IS SO WRONG!
‼️Oregon has the highest number per capita of registered sex offenders but only 1,756 are listed on the website. 31,869 are not listed. (2024)‼️
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Thousands of individuals convicted of sex crimes before those changes remain unclassified, despite state laws requiring their classification. The legislature has moved the deadline to finish the job on at least two occasions in the past. Oregon lawmakers recently approved funding to address the backlog of unclassified sex offenders.
KATU has now learned the backlog includes Elijah Arce, charged this week with kidnapping an 11-year-old girl in Salem. Investigators say officers and a member of the public found Arce and the little girl behind a fence hours after she disappeared.
Court records show he was indicted in 2002 for the attempted rape and rape of three juvenile girls in Yamhill County. He eventually pleaded guilty to attempted rape and third-degree rape in October 2002, and a judge sentenced him to a combined 10 years of prison and post-prison supervision.
A Department of Corrections spokesperson said Arce was released from prison in September 2004. The Parole Board confirmed to KATU that his post-prison supervision ended on Jan. 1, 2013. Additionally, he pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to report as a sex offender. A judge sentenced him to 30 days in jail and 11 months of probation.
Oregon State Police confirmed to KATU he is currently an unlevelled sex offender. It’s unclear if the classification process would start given Arce’s new charges. Unlevelled offenders are still required to register as sex offenders with Oregon State Police.
It took 11 years defending himself over one story. This is what they do to people who hold them accountable.
Nobody is held accountable because the people who have the power to do so are afraid of the retaliation. But David is different. His love of truth was greater than his regard for himself.
There were only 65 members of the House who voted to release the names of the Congressmembers who used taxpayer funds to settle sexual assault claims.
These 65 members deserve our applause today. 43 Republicans and 22 Democrats.
• Tom Barrett (MI-07) - GOP
• Aaron Bean (FL-04) - GOP
• Jack Bergman (MI-01) - GOP
• Andy Biggs (AZ-05) - GOP
• Lauren Boebert (CO-04) - GOP
• Tim Burchett (TN-02) - GOP
• Eric Burlison (MO-07) - GOP
• Kat Cammack (FL-03) - GOP
• James Comer (KY-01) - GOP
• J. Luis Correa (CA-46) - Dem
• Elijah Crane (AZ-02) - GOP
• Rick Crawford (AR-01) - GOP
• Donald Davis (NC-01) - Dem
• Byron Donalds (FL-19) - GOP
• Veronica Escobar (TX-16) - Dem
• Randy Fine (FL-06) - GOP
• Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) - GOP
• Brandon Gill (TX-26) - GOP
• Jared Golden (ME-02) - Dem
• Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) - Dem
• Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) - Dem
• John James (MI-10) - GOP
• Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) - Dem
• Thomas Kean Jr. (NJ-07) - GOP
• Ro Khanna (CA-17) - Dem
• Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) - Dem
• Nick Langworthy (NY-23) - GOP
• Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13) - GOP
• Nancy Mace (SC-01) - GOP
• Thomas Massie (KY-04) - GOP
• Sarah McBride (DE-At Large) - Dem
• Tom McClintock (CA-05) - GOP
• Jim McGovern (MA-02) - Dem
• John McGuire (VA-05) - GOP
• Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) - Dem
• Max Miller (OH-07) - GOP
• Cory Mills (FL-07) - GOP
• Dave Min (CA-47) - Dem
• Barry Moore (AL-01) - GOP
• Carol Miller (WV-01) - GOP
• Frank Mrvan (IN-01) - Dem
• Joe Neguse (CO-02) - Dem
• Ralph Norman (SC-05) - GOP
• Andy Ogles (TN-05) - GOP
• Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) - Dem
• Scott Perry (PA-10) - GOP
• Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) - Dem
• Mark Pocan (WI-02) - Dem
• Chip Roy (TX-21) - GOP
• Patrick Ryan (NY-18) - Dem
• Kim Schrier (WA-08) - Dem
• David Schweikert (AZ-01) - GOP
• Eric Sorensen (IL-17) - Dem
• Victoria Spartz (IN-05) - GOP
• Elise Stefanik (NY-21) - GOP
• Eric Swalwell (CA-14) - Dem
• Mark Takano (CA-39) - Dem
• Derek Tran (CA-45) - Dem
• Eugene Vindman (VA-07) - Dem
• Joe Wilson (SC-02) - GOP
• Mike Lawler (NY-17) - GOP
• Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07) - GOP
• Josh Riley (NY-18) - Dem
• Andrea Salinas (OR-6) - Dem
• Derek Schmidt (KS-2) - GOP