Jack Smith’s full House Judiciary deposition on investigating and indicting Trump

https://www.youtube.com/embed/gGtlalhdL4c?si=qAbe00BI08GCItRP&start=12904

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I’ve watched a little over 4 hours of his deposition. He seems to be a solid human being, precise, and protective of the people he worked with on this case with over 30 years of prosecutorial experience. Sorry the case wasn’t prosecuted because it sounds like Donald Trump was guilty of trying to rig or overthrow the valid 2020 Election results. And, on the day of the attack, he, President Trump, refused to do what he could to stop the attacks on the U.S. Capitol.

Ironic that Donald Trump repeatedly stated that, “The Election was stolen,” when in reality HE was attempting to steal it.

On January 2, 2021, then-President **Donald Trump placed a recorded phone call to **Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (the state’s top election official) and other Georgia election staff, during which he pressured Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn the certified 2020 election results in Georgia — specifically the difference between Trump’s total and Joe Biden’s certified win in that state. — One of the most quoted lines from his side of the call was: “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state.”

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STEVE BANNON

The House January 6 committee reported that Bannon had specific knowledge about the events planned for January 6 before they took place. The committee cited comments he made on his podcast on January 5, 2021, in which he indicated that something significant was coming the next day and urged listeners to “strap in” and that “all hell is going to break loose tomorrow.”

Bannon has asserted confidently that Donald Trump will serve another term as President after 2028, even though the U.S. Constitution’s 22nd Amendment prevents anyone from being elected president more than twice. People.com+1

In interviews (notably with The Economist), he has said things like:

• “He’s gonna get a third term” and that Trump “is going to be president in ’28,” urging people to “get accommodated with that.”

— I would assert that if Bannon had foreknowledge of the events of January 6th, and there is proof that he did, that a wise person should pay attention to Bannon’s assertion about Trump in ’28, no matter how implausible or impossible it might be or seem. The actions of January 6th were far from legal, so I definitely wouldn’t expect Bannon to “play fairly.”

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“That Lying Hillary,” how ironic!

Ingredients (1–2 servings)

• 1 cup sprouted matki (moth beans)
• 1½–2 cups water (your preference)
• 1–2 tsp olive oil or avocado oil
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• ¼ cup chopped tomato (fresh or canned)
• ¼ tsp ground coriander
• ¼ tsp garlic powder
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• Red pepper flakes
• Salt, to taste
• Black pepper (optional, small pinch)
• Apple cider vinegar or white vinegar — about ½ tsp, to finish

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Method (Instant Pot Mini – 3 qt)

1. Add sprouted matki and water to the pot.
2. Pressure cook HIGH – 6 minutes.
3. Let natural release 10 minutes, then release remaining pressure.
4. Switch to Sauté (Low).
5. Add oil and cumin seeds; let them gently sizzle 30–60 seconds.
6. Stir in tomato, coriander, garlic powder, turmeric, and salt.
7. Simmer 5–10 minutes, uncovered, until flavors come together.
8. Turn heat off. Stir in vinegar.
9. Taste. Add a pinch of black pepper only if you want a little edge.

KAREN GRAHAM’S TEN CHANGES FOR GOOD HEALTH

7. Limit Salt and Alcohol

Limit salt

Salt gives us sodium, an important mineral. Sodium occurs naturally in foods and is added to most processed foods. For good health, you need only a small amount of sodium — less than 2,300 mg per day. This is the amount in about 1 teaspoon (5 mL) of salt.

Unfortunately, most of us get more salt than we need. We eat too many salty processed foods and many of us add too much salt to our food. This extra salt in our diet makes extra work for our kidneys.

Cutting back on salt is a good healthy change for everyone. If you have high blood pressure, cutting back on salt may help reduce your blood pressure. Cutting back on salt means eating fewer processed foods, shaking a little less salt on your food, adding less salt (or no salt) to your recipes and limiting salty foods.

Other important dietary changes are cutting back on fat and alcohol, and choosing foods from the different food groups (see pages 31–41). Potassium, found in fruits and vegetables, is especially good for you. Making other changes including losing weight (if you are overweight), exercising, quitting smoking, and reducing your stress are important for reducing blood pressure (and reducing cholesterol). It is also important to take your medication as advised by your doctor and have your blood pressure checked regularly.

Try these tips to cut back on salt:

• Season your food during cooking and at the table with spices and herbs, lemon juice, lime juice or vinegar.
• Use pepper instead of salt.
• Use garlic powder or onion powder instead of garlic salt or onion salt. Try the Spice Mix on page 141 or the Seasoned Bread Crumbs on page 148.
• Use less salt in cooking and baking. For many recipes you don’t need to add any salt.
• Look for low-sodium or unsalted foods, such as unsalted soda crackers.
• Choose fresh or frozen vegetables instead of canned.
• Eat fewer frozen, take-out and restaurant meals. They are generally high in salt and fat.

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Iodine

Iodized salt provides us with iodine. Iodine is essential to keep your thyroid healthy. The thyroid regulates how you burn calories. A small amount of iodized salt gives you all the iodine you need. Ocean water fish and shellfish are some of the best natural food sources of iodine.

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Once you start to cut back on salt, you will notice that many processed and restaurant foods begin to taste too salty. At the grocery store, be sure to check the amount of sodium per serving on the Nutrition Facts label.

Hemoglobin A1c (often written as A1c) is a laboratory measure that reflects a person’s average blood glucose level over time, rather than at a single moment. It works by measuring the percentage of hemoglobin—the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells—that has glucose attached to it. Because red blood cells typically live for about 120 days, the A1c test provides a weighted average of blood sugar exposure over roughly the previous two to three months, with more recent weeks contributing slightly more to the result. This makes A1c especially useful for understanding long-term glucose control and overall metabolic trends.

Clinicians use A1c both to diagnose diabetes and to monitor how well blood sugar is being managed over time. Unlike finger-stick glucose tests, A1c does not require fasting and is not affected by day-to-day fluctuations, illness, or stress at the moment the blood is drawn. However, it is an average and does not show how much glucose rises and falls during the day; two people with the same A1c can have very different glucose patterns. For that reason, A1c is increasingly interpreted alongside continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data—such as time-in-range and variability—to provide a more complete picture of glucose health.

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📊 A1c ↔ Average Blood Glucose Chart

(0.1% increments from 5.0 to 8.5)

A1c (%)	Avg Glucose (mg/dL)
5.0	97
5.1	100
5.2	103
5.3	106
5.4	109
5.5	112
5.6	114
5.7	117
5.8	120
5.9	123
6.0	126
6.1	129
6.2	132
6.3	135
6.4	138
6.5	140
6.6	143
6.7	146
6.8	149
6.9	152
7.0	154
7.1	157
7.2	160
7.3	163
7.4	166
7.5	169
7.6	171
7.7	174
7.8	177
7.9	180
8.0	183
8.1	186
8.2	189
8.3	191
8.4	194
8.5	197

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🔍 Context (important for how you read this)

• Each 0.1% A1c ≈ ~3 mg/dL average glucose
• CGM users with high time-in-range (like your 97%) often see:
  • Lab A1c slightly lower than this table predicts
• This chart reflects population averages, not variability or spike shape

For reference:

• Your ~133 mg/dL average → ~6.2–6.3%
• With your glucose profile, a lab result closer to 6.1–6.2% would not be surprising

I had quite a trip on Christmas Day, 2025. I had some food gifts I wanted to take with me to Mary Ann’s for Christmas dinner. I also wanted to drive the recently opened Havelock By Pass, but also ride the Minnesott Beach to Cherry Branch Ferry (a 20 minutes free ride).

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Some of the items I managed to check off included:

• Drove to the Minnesott Beach Ferry a different way.
  • Since I wasn’t going to Jacksonville first to eat at Helen’s Kitchen (not open on Christmas Day morning, I thought about looking for a quicker, more direct route to the Ferry.
    • I ended driving up I95 to Smithfield. This route was going to take about 2.5 hours.
      • As I neared the I95 to Hwy 70 Exit, I realized it would be a good idea to take a bathroom break and I thought there was an I95 Rest Stop just a few miles above Selma. I remembered it correctly and afterward, took a more country route back to Hwy. 70 and came back on at Princeton.
    • A large portion of Hwy. 70 has now become I42, and even more is planned.
      • Near Goldsboro I was directed onto I42. I actually rode over (not on) a country road I had been on after stopping at Nahunta Pork Center the first time I visited there.
      • Later after Kinston, the newly renamed Hwy. 70 now I42 took me on to New Bern.
    • I decided to drive through downtown New Bern, but then forgot to actually drive down town and just by-passed it over the old draw bridge and then over the new bridge toward Bridgeton and on to Arapahoe and the Ferry landing. I got to the landing about 10:55 am, but as I waited realized that they only had one ferry running and it would leave the Minnesott Beach side at 11:30 am.
      • That gave me the opportunity to go to the bathroom and then I had a pleasant talk with a Mr. Smith.
        • I started by asking him if he had driven the new Havelock By-Pass, and he said “No.”
        • He mentioned several places including Southern Pines, which he mentioned still had a “Blue Law.” (Businesses not opened on Sunday.) I’ve even gone shopping several years ago in downtown Southern Pines, not on a Sunday. And I’ve visited the Library near downtown several times. Good bathroom. Comfortable to read their magazines.
        • Didn’t like to go to New Bern, but he was familiar with the Montgomery Wards there from years past.
        • Out conversation was cut short because of the arrival of the Ferry.
      • Pleasant ferry ride.
      • On the Cherry Branch side, I headed on back into Havelock and then traveled several miles on old Hwy. 70 to get up to the By Pass intersection and then turned around to get the full effect of the new By Pass. It’s quick, and uncluttered and you go from one end of Havelock to the other. Don’t know if you might save 15, 20 or more minutes by not having to go through Havelock and all the stop lights. But that should take away a bunch of business.
        • May be almost to Newport before the businesses on Hwy. 70 are unaffected.
      • I came back to Hwy. 24 and headed back to Swansboro.
        • Very few businesses open on Christmas Day. That wasn’t the case just a few years ago.
  • Drove in to Mary Ann’s and no one outside, although I wouldn’t expect anyone out on a cool Christmas day.
    • I took my red ice chest with several cheeses in and also my Aldi’s shopping bag with various edible goodies.
      • Okra and vegetable chips, clam pack of walnuts, Claxton Fruit Cake, Castelvetano & C & Nicoise olives, garlic, pickled peppers
      • GOAT Brie, Caprichio de Cabra and Sake 2 Me Cheeses.

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• El Catrin Kitchen
  • Choose the fajita lunch and lay off the rice & beans.
    • Eat the chips & salsa at the end of the meal.
• Longhorn Restaurant
  • Eat the appetizer bread at the last.
• MiCasita
  • Eat the tortilla chips & salsa at the end

• Create Resistant Starch
  • Get in the habit of creating resistant starch by cooking your starches and then refrigerating them for at least 12 hours before reheating and eating them. This includes beans, potatoes and rice cooked the day before you reheat & eat them. Only a small amount of resistant starch is created (12 %), but it acts like fiber and is processed later in the digestive system.
• Eat Your Appetizers at the End of the Meal
  • Not the most normal way to eat your appetizers. After all, they are called appetizers because they are to be eaten before the main meal, but you don’t need all those carbs & starches at the start of your meal. Start with protein and fat before you chow down on the starches & carbs.
• Drink Vinegar & Water Before A Meal
  • The ascetic acid in vinegar helps the enzymes in your digestive system slow down the process.
• Choose to eat Sprouted Grain or Sourdough Breads, Wild & Black Rice, and Blue Corn Tortilla Chips.
• Eat Your High Carb Meal Earlier in the Day
• Take a 10 Minutes Walk After a Meal

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I put the Stelo CGM Sensor on this morning at about 7:15 am (12/23/25). I had been planning to put it on the back of my left arm, but then last night it suddenly occurred to me that I wouldn’t be able to take my blood pressure on that arm as I have been doing for quite some time. So, I began rehearsing how I would put the Stelo on my right arm.

But, this morning first thing, I went to my easy chair and got out the sphygmomanometer (blood pressure kit) and tried putting it on my right arm. Surprisingly it might have been easier to put it on my right arm than it was to put it on my left arm. It was just the way the velcro tape attached. So, I put the Stelo CGM Sensor on the back of my left arm.

I can’t say there was any pain when I pressed the white button to attach the sensor to my arm, but more like when a fresh breeze suddenly surprises you and you blink. Yeah, not painful but not nothing either. I had watched the “attachment” video and rehearsed in my mind the steps required.

• Take the bottom off the sensor attachment tool.
• Press the tool to the skin on the back of your arm.
• Press the white button, and the needle & filament are inserted, and I’m guessing the needle retracts immediately. My sense is that the needle is the support needed to deliver the flimsy filament under your skin, and having done it’s work, returns to the applicator.
• You then gently press the sensor into your arm. I guess to “seat it.”
• Add the green protector patch around the sensor and press your finger around it to make sure it sticks to the existing patch. I think this is a moisture barrier. *I was surprised that the patch donut went around the hump of the sensor, but it did.
• Then scan the QR code to get the sensor ID so that the Stelo app can pair with your sensor. Took a few seconds but it found it and we were off to the races. Actually it said I had to wait 23 minutes while it checked things out.
• A little more than 23 minutes later I checked the app for the first time. It said my current Blood Glucose reading was 130 and stable. *My regular monitor had said I was at 103, which is the normal “ball park” figure currently.

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This meal has given me my first recorded Blood Sugar Spike and at the moment is nearing the 180 top of the normal range. Looks like it will go higher, but hopefully not too much higher.

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The first sensor I installed worked for a week, from about 6 am on December 23rd, until about 9 pm on December 30th. I didn’t notice that it had stopped sending data to the app on my phone until the next morning and shortly after that I got the notice that this session had ended. That’s it! Fini! I ended up contacting Dexcom Support and they said they would send me a replacement, and that I would need to remove the old sensor and put a new one on. I have done this. It almost seems like this is a known issue. Both ChatGPT and Stelo thought nothing about what had occurred.

I have found a couple of meals that surprisingly do not spike my blood glucose level. The homemade pizzas that I create on the Thomas Keto Bagel Mini shows almost no spike.

Several years ago I was driving and came to a stop light. Off to my left, coming from across the intersection from me, was a small “beat up” car and in it a young college aged guy. But here’s the thing, I looked down at his bumper sticker and it said, “I slept with your girl friend last night, and she liked it.” You do know the type of person that would put that on their bumper? Young and angry, and wanting to be in your face.

Well, my mind was working, as it often does, but not always. And my first thought in response to this bumper sticker was to tell the young guy, “Well you can tell your mother that we’re (me and her) are through dating.” — You do get the message, as he would if he had been a deep thinker, right?

So whenever I see someone trying to make a point, whether I agree with them or not, I have a tendency to try to take the other side. I look for the weak point in their argument and then try to come up with a counterpoint. And, Facebook is an excellent tool for trying to hone this skill. Someone makes a definitive remark or comment, and I have the urge to rebutt, “But what if…”

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Here are two of my politically subversive AI generated images.

I love to visit and comment on the Border Wall supporters section in Facebook. Their famous line is “Build it tall, and wide, and electrified.” My early rebut was, “why not build it only 6 inches high and out of cardboard.” It would be cheap and quick to build and complete. Might even be able to complete the whole wall by January 31, 2025. Paint it so that color blind individuals could see it. And if you are serious about keeping people from crossing it, then post all those National Guard troops, that you are sending to various Democrat run cities, to guard every inch of the wall.

But then for Christmas the thought came to me that Santa is the most Jesus-like character we have in present day. I realized that you couldn’t build the wall so high that Santa, Rudolph and the rest of the reindeer couldn’t fly over it. And being “America First” centric, it was obvious that Santa would travel from Europe over to Canada & America and then head south before heading out to Hawaii. So, it was natural that Santa would have no trouble flying over the Border Wall, no matter how high, wide or electrified it was. And I’m guessing that as he flies over it, he would change his preferred language from English to Spanish. That’s why he speaks both English & Spanish to his reindeer. And Santa isn’t going to hesitate giving good gifts to all those who are South of the Border because he doesn’t understand “America First.”

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Now because I write an email almost every day to my U.S. Senators & Congressman (who all are Republicans) regarding that the video of the second missile strike on the drug boat in which, I am told, there were two surviving drug runners, clinging to their disabled vessel, with no opportunity to radio anyone for help, when what should eventually be determined as “an illegal order,” was given either by Pete Hegseth, or Admiral Bradley and carried out all the way down the chain of command to whomever pushed the 2nd missile button and killed the helpless survivors. *I know it was wrong because of all the WWII War movies I’ve seen where the German U-Boat surfaces, and finishes off our helpless survivors with their deck gun! We NEVER justify the actions of those damned Nazis, and we shouldn’t do it either, for ANY reason.

This started out as a Pasta Fagioli recipe, but got re-carb-o-nated and zucchinied.

Zucchini + Small-Pasta Beef Soup

(Instant Pot Mini – 3 qt)

Ingredients

• ¾ lb ground beef
• ½ large onion, chopped
• 1 carrot, finely diced
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 (14–15 oz) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• ½ cup red kidney beans, drained & rinsed (optional)
• ½ cup white kidney beans, drained & rinsed (optional)
• 2 cups beef stock
• 1 cup low-sugar spaghetti sauce
• 1 tsp oregano
• ¾ tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp parsley
• ½ tsp Tabasco (optional)
• 1½ cups zucchini, quartered & sliced
• 2 oz dry pasta (elbows, ditalini, or small shells)

Key idea: zucchini = volume & mouthfeel, pasta = accent, not bulk.

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Instant Pot Mini Instructions

1. Brown the base

• SAUTÉ (Normal)
• Brown ground beef with onion
• Add carrot & celery for last 2 minutes
• Drain excess fat if needed

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2. Build the soup

Add:

• Tomatoes
• Stock
• Spaghetti sauce
• Beans (if using)
• Seasonings

Stir and scrape the bottom well.

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3. Pressure cook

• Lid on, valve sealed
• HIGH pressure – 8 minutes
• Natural Release 10 minutes, then vent

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4. Add zucchini + pasta (critical step)

• Switch to SAUTÉ (Low)
• Add zucchini + 2 oz pasta
• Simmer 8–10 minutes, stirring occasionally

Zucchini goes in with the pasta so it doesn’t dissolve.

If it thickens too much, add ¼–½ cup hot water or stock.

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Why this works (blood-sugar logic)

• Pasta capped at 2 oz (vs 8 oz original)
• Zucchini slows digestion and replaces starch bulk
• Beans are modest and optional
• Protein and fat lead the meal

You’ll still get that spoonful-with-bits feeling instead of “tomato soup with noodles.”

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Optional refinements (very on-brand for you)

• Dice zucchini small, about pasta size — visual trick helps satisfaction
• Add extra black pepper at the table
• Finish with parsley + a few chili flakes
• If reheating later, add a splash of broth so pasta doesn’t swell further

Chlorella is a single-celled freshwater green algae that’s rich in nutrients, including protein, chlorophyll, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. It’s commonly taken as a supplement and is often associated with potential benefits like supporting detoxification, immune function, and overall nutritional intake. *In a discussion with my AI, I’ve decided not to pursue taking Chlorella or Spirulina (tablet form) as a supplement. I do however, like the flavor that Chlorella gives my egg salad so I may continue to buy the powder form periodically.

Well, it’s official. I’m an elderly man because that’s how ChatGPT described me.

I went on one of my little excursions yesterday. First to Asheboro and “No.1 China Buffet” for lunch. It’s in the Walmart shopping area. They have a Senior Discount on Tuesdays. Afterwards I went to the Main Library for a short while and looked through a cookbook. Then I drove up to Greensboro, about a 30 minutes trip from Asheboro, to a co-op store, Deep Roots Market, located at 600 N Eugene St, Greensboro, NC 27401.

I’ve visited this store before, maybe twice and had bought some spice, herb or teas there. I bought three items there yesterday and one was something new. Chlorella. It was almost a silky deep green powder. When I tried it this morning, just a taste from a wet finger, I was pleasantly surprised by the flavor. It was an earthy flavor and I liked it. After a while I realized that it reminded me of Knorr’s Pesto powder that I’ve used many times to flavor clams & pasta. *And in reading the description of Chlorella, I just realized that me eating a bunch of one celled algae is a lot like a whale eating plankton.

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I’ve already tried the Chlorella powder in my breakfast egg salad. Good. And, this afternoon I put it in some homemade hummus. Turned it green, as I thought it would, but did not take away from the flavor at all.

The other two items I bought were ground cardamom and fenugreek seeds. I use a little fenugreek almost every night to make a drinkable tea. It is for blood sugar control and I add fenugreek and a slice of dehydrated Bitter Melon to water, and heat for 30 seconds in the microwave. I let it cool and then I add vinegar, sweetener, turmeric and some ground black pepper and then reheat it once again for 30 seconds. This warms it and makes it a pleasant sweet vinegar drink. The vinegar masks the slight bitterness of the fenugreek and Bitter Melon. Why the two step process? If you add the vinegar at first it keeps the fenugreek seeds from rehydrating and they remain hard.