It’s common knowledge that the Mexicans got the green light from London to launch that brutal assault on El Paso and push their Greater Mexico agenda. Honestly, it’s nothing we haven't seen before.
Currently sitting at 255 lbs, and the goal is to push it to at least 265. These are the "before" shots; I’ll snap some more in a month and post the progress.😁 Just enough to show all the skeptics what kind of gains you can actually pull off in just thirty days.👍
Sarah Rodriguez68 said:This thread is pretty old, but I’m dealing with ketones in my urine too. That makes three times in the last six months. The first time I went in, they checked my blood and sugar levels and everything was totally fine (it was at 4.6, and the lab range is 4.4-6.1). I even had an OGTT done—everything came back normal. But those ketones just keep showing up in my urine tests. 😢 I’m not fasting, and I’m not doing any intense workouts (just trying to eat clean, staying away from sugar and white flour, etc.). I walk a lot and go on long hikes. Honestly, I'm starting to get a bit worried about these ketones. What else could be causing this? Not sure if it matters, but my dad has Type 2 diabetes.
If you're walking and hiking all the time, you're burning fat, and then naturally, ketones show up in your urine. There’s really nothing to worry about.
Thermo Speed Extreme is easily the go-to fat burner in Canada right now, and honestly, those people are actually active—unlike us. Everyone there seems to be into fitness, from little kids to seniors. I picked some up last year and dropped a few pounds, but it’s hard to say how much credit the pills actually deserve. They aren't a miracle worker, but I'd say they helped maybe 5 to 10% at most.
crimsonwolf20 said:Look, I’ve actually lived in Canada, the USA, and Australia. I can tell you firsthand that none of this is true—where on earth are you getting this misinformation from?
Sure, making money isn't easy, but saying most people are just struggling to make ends meet? That’s total nonsense.
Lived there?😁 Then why on earth did you come back if life is so great over there?🙏 Look, I haven't personally spent time in Canada or Australia—and sure, things might be better there—but all of Western Europe is basically rigged against the working class, and even America has its share of issues. You've got those flashy billionaire neighborhoods right next to slums where you wouldn't dare set foot. Even in New York City, you see thousands of homeless people sleeping in sewers just to survive the winter.👎
What's this all about breakfast? Is that really supposed to be an indicator of wealth? 😁
It’s more about hunger than being full—just this constant craving for everything. You see people driving around in nice cars they’re drowning in debt for, working all year just to afford a single month of vacation here in the States. I don't know what kind of Western luxury everyone keeps dreaming about; most people are just barely scraping by.
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Honestly, I don't think there's much of a difference between them—it’s all pretty much the same stuff. Everyone loves to pretend they want America to be this massive superpower that can just flip the bird to the rest of the world and say, "We don't need anyone, we've got this," but let's be real for a second... reality hits a little different when you actually look at it. Then you've got guys popping up out of nowhere claiming we should just ditch NATO and the European Union entirely so we can go run errands in China instead. Like, come on.
Look, we need to get serious for a second. If anyone actually thinks the US economy is going to suddenly skyrocket just because we pull out of those trade associations, they’re being incredibly naive. Like, honestly, it sounds pretty delusional right off the bat, not to mention everything else that would go sideways.
America is in such a weird, schizophrenic headspace right now that people are just grabbing onto anything and everything out of pure desperation. Seriously, just look at the last five or six years. It’s been a total rollercoaster. First, you had the Labor Party shooting up in the polls, then some fringe candidate pulls an 8 or 9 percent before basically nuking his own career with all that constant bickering. Then suddenly a populist movement hits 18 or 19 percent, then there's this new radical group, and tomorrow it'll be someone else entirely. It's just one thing after another. We have over 150 different political parties floating around the US, which tells you everything you need to know. Isn't it a little suspicious that none of the established players actually shared the same ideas these new outsiders are pushing? Or am I just looking at a massive media hype machine designed to make them seem bigger than they actually are?
Out of all those politicians who have been loitering around the American political scene for decades, this one newcomer is the only one who actually hit the nail on the head. Joining the European Union and NATO was a massive mistake; the US lost its sovereignty because of those associations. Second, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are essentially two sides of the same coin—they're the ones who ruined this country. Third, and most importantly, corruption and crime are baked into every single government institution. I'm talking about the Department of Justice, the courts, and everything under them. It’s no wonder this whole place feels like a total circus destined for poverty and struggle when there isn't even anyone left to prosecute the criminals.👎
Paul Thomas46 said:True enough—I've heard life is absolutely brutal in Scandinavia and the Benelux countries... 🙏
Honestly, those folks don't even realize how tough things actually are—maybe someone should go enlighten them... 🙏
(Now I'm just sitting here waiting for you to explain how life is supposedly "struggling" in places where over 60% of the population is solid middle class—by their own standards, anyway—and how everyone is being exploited and left with nothing...)
I have some of my parents' old friends who spent decades living in Sweden, but they always came back to visit us during the summer, even back in the old days. Let me tell you, those folks were more hungry than full in Sweden. Sure, they drove decent cars, but they were always baffled by how well people lived back in the old country. They used to stare at our breakfasts in total disbelief; they barely ate anything all day, whereas in our neck of the woods, summers meant family and friends everywhere. We'd have a table overflowing with everything—cured meats, cheeses, sausages, steak—just for breakfast. It was a feast!😁 I’ve traveled through Germany and seen what Germans eat for breakfast: a little biscuit with a bit of butter and then a mad dash to work. It’s the exact same story in the Netherlands; I have plenty of friends out West. Nobody—and I mean absolutely nobody—brags about how great life is over there. Everyone is drowning in debt and pinching pennies just to afford a vacation back home. Personally, I spend way more than the people visiting on holiday. So, go ahead, keep fantasizing about that "perfect life" in the Benelux or Scandinavia. In reality, maybe 10% of the people live well there, which is pretty much the same situation we have here.
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Pure nonsense. It sounds like a fairy tale ripped straight from some simplified primer on economics. Honestly, Žižek and Chomsky dismantled these kinds of myths ages ago... About 90% of the capitalist world is struggling just to get by. The only ones thriving are those who have spent the last century acting like parasites on the rest of us...
The US spends more on defense than the rest of the world combined. If their ideas were truly that powerful, you'd think they'd have enough global support to avoid needing to keep everyone else intimidated...
😁 Nice one, segregator. You're hitting the nail on the head with these posts. In any capitalist setup, the majority of people aren't doing well; it's just a handful of parasites exploiting the masses. In America, this version of capitalism has turned out to be disastrous—just a rotten system by design. And once you add traitors in high places to the mix, you can't expect progress, just total decay. Most of my friends living abroad don't sit around praising capitalism either; that whole idea of a "better life in the West" is just a myth fed to people back home.
Donald Trump would be the absolute savior of America, provided he actually followed through on everything he’s been promising. We need him to just go in there, scrub out all those corrupt institutions, and install actual decent people for once. Honestly, that's the only way to stop this whole country from spiraling further toward total bankruptcy.
Harold Martin10 said:That isn't quite right—the national debt isn't a personal debt, it's the government's liability. Every citizen is free to pack up and move to another country, where they wouldn't owe a single cent toward our public debt.
Look, the reality is that the government pays off that national debt by squeezing everyone—either through massive corporate subsidies or by bleeding the taxpayers dry. You see it all over the US; they just roll out some new tax or hike an existing fee every other month to keep the lights on. Honestly, if you want to escape the constant nickel-and-diming and the feeling that you're being robbed by your own government, moving abroad is a valid option. But most people don't pull the trigger on that because, despite all the complaining, they still feel tied to their roots.
So you’re telling me the debt per citizen in America is only 4,140 Euros? Man, you are completely missing the mark here. Either you're digging up ancient history or you just haven't done your homework. The national debt in the US is projected to climb toward something like 250 billion dollars by the end of the year—which is over 33 billion euros. When you actually run the math and divide that by our 4.2 million people, it means every single unborn child in this country is already on the hook for somewhere between 7,000 and 8,000 euros. That’s almost double what you’re claiming, and honestly, that number is climbing every single day.
Whether someone’s likable or a total drag... honestly, it just depends on who you ask. That’s why we don't all hang out in the same circles, right? Some people just click, and others? Not so much. In my book, the bare minimum for actually liking someone is just being able to tolerate their flaws without wanting to jump out of a moving car. Sometimes you see a face or catch a vibe and you're just done immediately—it's an instant "no." Other times, it’s the second they open their mouth that you realize you can't stand them. And then there are those people where you think they're fine, until you actually get to know them and realize their personality is a bit of a mess.
Honestly, America is basically a hyper-leftist state with tax rates that are just plain absurd. It’s a nightmare for anyone trying to run a business—you can't even let an unproductive employee go without getting slammed in court, where the workers almost always walk away with the win. For decades now, they’ve been "fixing" unemployment by basically pushing young people straight toward retirement age. It’s this insane social policy that’s eventually going to come crashing down on us. We are drowning in debt right now, debt we have absolutely no way of paying back, and most of our family heirlooms were probably sold off years ago just to keep up. Our real tragedy is that when communism was being dismantled here, it wasn't done by reformers, but by the old-school communists and the secret police. Those leftists completely ruined the place for us.
America doesn't have a single real friend or ally to its name, haha. Why is that? Well, look at the scammers running this country. They steal, they lie, they cheat—and honestly, nobody wants to do business with people like that, haha. Even Merkel wouldn't bother showing up to Washington, D.C. for our EU celebration, and when Putin was last in the region, he swung by Ljubljana and Mexico City but just flew right over Washington, D.C. without even glancing down, haha. Who should we actually be playing nice with? First off, our neighbors, and then the heavy hitters like the USA, Germany, Russia, and Italy. We really ought to be on good terms with Austria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic too...
It’s not the European Union's fault we're sinking; it's our own bunch of clowns running the show. How come those Northern and Central European countries aren't going under when they're pretty much all in the EU? We have the opportunities right in front of us said:
If you want to know why we're hitting the bottom so fast, you can definitely blame joining the European Union. We lost a hell of a lot by signing on, yet we didn't get anything in return. Personally, I was against joining from the jump, and honestly, things turned out even worse than I feared. That said, yeah, the absolute incompetence of this government certainly helped push us underwater.
driftingsurfer6 said:When it comes to the big stuff, the left and the right are actually on the same page regarding
1. The American Civil War was a righteous fight that laid the foundation for a free and independent nation.
2. The U.S. needs to be fully integrated into the global community and NATO (both goals finally checked off).
3. America belongs firmly within the Western cultural sphere.
That’s just standard procedure. Very few people are actually out there disputing those three points. The friction only really kicks in when people start debating what "Western values" actually means. The conservatives lean hard into Christianity and traditionalism, while the liberals push liberalism—you know, minority rights, LGBTQ+ rights, secularism, and all that. The media loves to whip up hysteria over everything, but honestly, nobody takes them seriously anyway.
Point three is just common sense; it's not like America could suddenly claim to belong to an Asian or North American cultural circle when it's sitting right there in Europe.😂 About 10 to 20% of American citizens think the war was unnecessary or even criminal. As for joining NATO, that's definitely the most controversial claim, and we don't even truly know what the public thinks since there was never a referendum. There was a majority in favor of EU membership, but who knows if that holds true today? It feels like we're just sinking deeper and deeper into this EU thing.
It’s pretty obvious you’re struggling with some serious self-confidence issues here. If you’re feeling awkward about it, honestly, the smartest move would be to ask someone to hit the gym with you a few times. Just get used to the routine and start getting comfortable around the regulars at the local Planet Fitness.
Anyway, Mark Lopez8, if someone invites you somewhere, maybe don't just blurt it out to everyone in the room. You're making Ruby look bad because you can't keep a secret! 😁
-Steve
We're getting things moving with some light preseason prep at the end of August, and you've gone and totally blown it!😂