Katherine Prawl

blogger, photographer, jewelry-maker, weaver, green building researcher, international spaceflight (virtual) museum director

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

When my kids were young, we took them to restaurants, but only as long as they behaved themselves properly and didn't disturb the other guests. If "young couples trying to raise a family" today also raised them to be well-mannered, no one would object to having them in the same places with adults.

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

" it MAY be spam".....

[Red Line News @RedLineNewsUSA]

I live in Kentucky. James Talarico and ActBlue want me to donate to help them defeat Ken Paxton in Texas. Obviously, I’m not about to donate to anything ActBlue.

If you’re in Texas, vote for Ken Paxton in November!

[Old Salty Marine @BamaSaltyMarine]

HISTORY LESSON ON YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD:
Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn’t know this. It’s easy to check out, if you don’t believe it. Be sure and show it to your family and friends. They need a little history lesson on what’s what and it doesn’t matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are FACTS.

Up until the 1980's, Social Security cards expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes.
Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message was removed.

Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. His promises are in black, with updates in brackets.

1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary [No longer voluntary],

2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program [Now 7.65% on the first $90,000, and 15% on the first $90,000 if you’re self-employed],

3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year [No longer tax deductible]

4.) That the money the participants put into the independent ‘Trust Fund’ rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program [Under Johnson the money was moved to the General Fund and spent]

5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income [Under Clinton & Gore up to 85% of your Social Security can be taxed].

Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month — and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to ‘put away’ — you may be interested in the following.

Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it?

A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate.

Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?

A: The Democratic Party.

Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities?

A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the ‘tie-breaking’ deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US

AND MY FAVORITE:

Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants?

A: That’s right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party. Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments!

The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!

Now, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!

And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it!

If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve. Maybe not, though.

Some Democrats are awfully sure of what isn’t so but it’s worth a try.

How many people can YOU send this to?

[Chris @chriswithans]

John Cornyn lost one of the fairest primaries in history.

He ran against a well known opponent.

He had all the money in the world.

Trump didn’t even endorse until the last minute.

All of Paxton’s skeletons were on full display. As was Cornyn’s record.

Primary voters knew who the Democrat opponent will be.

And Cornyn lost by 27 points.

Anyone who tells you to vote for Talarico, the apostate far-left creepy Democrat, is being a massive sore loser—or was going to tell you to vote for Talarico over Cornyn too.

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

Earthquakes, tremors, crust breaking can cause such phenomena. South Carolina sits on a major fault -- visit the old cemetery there to see evidence of a major quake that happened in Colonial times. I've experienced such a loud "boom" like this which was later explained as being associated with an earthquake.

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

These are the first time I've ever actually enjoyed political ads!

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

These Spencer Pratt videos by @dsonoiki are better than 99.9% of political consultant ads. He does it again.

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

I just spent the evening working with Grok Build Beta to create an app for tracking nutritional intake. It has some really good features, most notably that all its data remains local, and it uses freely accessible USDA values as well as custom entries. Once it's thoroughly tested and polished we'll be releasing it as open-source.
The process of working with Grok Build was great, even though at one point I accused it of thinking like an engineer 😄 There are worse things, I guess.

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

@BasedMikeLee Good heavens, no! I may not always vote Republican, but there's no way this Texan would support such a weirdo.

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

Count me in.

[ARMY1325AIR @army1325air]

There’s a storm brewing in America, and this week was just the spark.

Millions of us were raised on freedom, family, faith, and the right to live our lives without government breathing down our necks.

We support President Trump.
We respect his courage.
But we are not a cult.

Our loyalty belongs to God, our families, our country, and the future we’re fighting for.

That means when something is wrong, we call it out — even from people we support.

Silence is how nations fall.
Courage is how they rise.

I’m just like you.
Working.
Stressed.
Fed up.
Watching politicians forget they work for us.

So get loud.
Be proud.
Speak truth.
Post more.
Push back with your voice.

We are not here to be ruled.
We are not here to be silenced.
We are not here to watch our children inherit a weaker country because we were too afraid to speak.

For our families.
For our country.
For our future.

Who’s with me?

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

I always heard the Republic of Texas allowed the USA to join *us*

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨 Why do Texans fly the Lone Star flag at the same height as the American flag?

Because Texas wasn’t just another territory, we were the independent Republic of Texas. Our own president, currency, army, and treaties with France & Britain from 1836 to 1845.

We chose to join the United States as an equal, not a colony. That’s why it’s the only state legally allowed to fly our flag that high.

It’s history.

God Bless Texas.

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

@Daniel_Farinax yvw. Thanks for your great instructions!

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

Dan's videos helped me get started with Grok Build. Give him a follow!

[Dan @Daniel_Farinax]

The question keeps coming 👀
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If you’re a 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 or 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭, you can create interactive learning experiences for your classroom or your kids in minutes.

Let me quickly show you how.📽️🔉

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

Vote for Paxton for US Senate in November.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 NOW: A DEVASTATING new ad has just been blasted out by Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton against James Talarico (D)

🔥🔥

“This is Texas. This is not.”

“There are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six.”

“This is Texas. This is not.”

“The American flag is such a complicated symbol for most of us.”

“This is Texas. This is not.”

“They're going to call me a radical leftist.”

“This is Texas. This is not.”

“Something that you love. It's not family or friends. I love and just say this because it's on my mind. The trans children.”

“This is Texas. This is not.”

“Our southern border should be like our front porch. There should be a giant welcome mat out front.”

“This is Texas. This is not.”

“It is now existential that we try to reduce our meat consumption. I am proud to say that our campaign has officially become a non-meat campaign.”

“This is Texas. This is not.”

🫳🏻🎤

SURGE IT TO THE AIRWAVES!

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

I just tried out Grok Build Beta (https://t.co/nz3jjWMjJz), asking it to create a desktop language-learning flashcard app with feedback and grammar hints. After a couple of tries (since my original request was a bit lame), it came up with something that's useful, with a decent UI, and easy to expand to use with multiple languages. I'm impressed!

[@amuse @amuse]

TEXAS GOP RUNOFF: Great work everyone. It was a clean sweep for Texas conservatives last night. Here are the margins of victory:

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

Dear Texans!

You all fcking rock! Great showing, well done!

We were loud and we won BIG!

Love y’all
GE!

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

@ScottPresler Voted early, for Paxton of course

[Katherine Prawl @katprawl]

Vote for Paxton tomorrow and dismiss this pathetic RINO!

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

RATTLED: When asked if he will suffer the same fate as Senator Cassidy in Louisiana,

Senator Cornyn looks noticeably rattled.

The interviewer even quotes President Trump who called Senator Cornyn “disloyal.”

Tomorrow is Election Day.

✅ Ken Paxton

[TonemanLives 🇺🇸🇮🇹 @TonemanLives]

RINOs are the enablers who let the car keep veering left while pretending to hold the wheel. Dems are the ones flooring it toward the cliff with progress bumper stickers. Both screw over the average taxpayer, veteran, small business owner, and family trying to get ahead.

The fix isn’t more polite compromise theater, or strongly worded letters. You can’t ask them to do what’s right because they do with what’s wrong. No matter what is said, what is planned, we know there is only one way to get rid of our RINO problem.

it’s primarying their weak asses, it’s demanding results, and rejecting the bullshit that this is just how Washington works. For the first time in a long time, we the people are awake. We’re united. We’re taking the fight to them while we are flexing our muscles. Those muscles? The power of the vote.

Through that power we are sending a message. Ask Crenshaw, ask Massie, ask Cornyn who is on life support. MAGA isn’t playing. We meant what we said about cleaning house and fixing our America. We realize who the enemy within is. It is our RINO problem.

We know the Dems are the enemy but the RINOs stand in the way of taking them down. MAGA is running on all cylinders. We have a grand plan. That plan? Remove all the RINOs who are obstructing Trump at every turn and are part of the uniparty. Then vote in MAGA Republicans with balls of steel and loyalty to Trump. We flush the rats out for good. Once the Republican Party has its MAGA power, we move in and destroy the entire progressive commie Democrat party.

I hope Thune is taking notice because he will be removed one way or another. There is no way in hell we will allow this McConnell pussy hold control over our party. MAGA is alive and stronger than ever. MAGA is coming and we are all on that hill willing to die alongside our leader Donald Trump. He is leading the way, primarying our enemies within, and we are doing our part by voting them out. Don’t ever take your vote for granted. Just look at what we are accomplishing. We are writing history. We are getting rid of the enemies within. We will make this party stronger than ever. We must never take our eyes off the prize. The resurrection of our America.

Be proud Americans and fight for the side of good. We are taking the fight to them. Unity makes us unstoppable. That’s why they try to divide. This is only the beginning. We’ve only just begun. Through loyalty, faith and prayer we will save this great country. We Will Make America Great Again. Together. God Bless. My two cents

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

WHY THE HELL AM I PAYING TAXES TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT:

>CANNOT DEFUND THE TALBAN
>CANNOT SECURE OUR ELECTIONS
>CANNOT BALANCE A BUDGET
>CANNOT READ THE BILLS THEY VOTE ON
>CANNOT PASS TERM LIMITS
>CANNOT PASS DOGE CUTS

WHY ARE WE PAYING TAXES?!!!!!!