Kevin W
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Kevin W
@Texan6851
Proud Texan/Land Surveyor/Firefighter
Texas, USA Katılım Kasım 2022
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@TracesofTexas Don't be too embarrassed, we've been told for the past 50yrs that they burrow into you and lay eggs. Hence all of the "put nail polish over them so they'll suffocate" type remedies. These are just a tier below no-see-ums aka biting midges on the worst bugs Texas has to offer imo.
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I'm embarrassed to admit that I just today learned that chiggers do not burrow into your body, causing that infernal itch. Rather, the intense itching from a chigger bite is primarily caused by your body's immune reaction to digestive enzymes in the chigger's saliva.
Chiggers are the tiny larval stage of certain mites. They don't burrow into your skin or suck blood ---- which I'd have bet a thousand dollars that they do. Instead, they attach to the skin (often in areas where clothing is tight) using mouthparts. Then they inject saliva containing proteolytic (digestive) enzymes that liquefy nearby skin cells, creating a feeding tube called a stylostome. They feed on the dissolved tissue for a few days before dropping off. Neat,huh?
It's the enzymes and the stylostome that remain in the skin even after the chigger leaves, triggering the reaction, because your immune system detects the foreign enzymes and saliva proteins as invaders. This leads to Inflammation and release of histamine (and other chemicals), which causes the itching, redness etc...
All I know is that I hate them with the white-hot intensity of 10,000 suns.

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@praq1966 @MrColionNoir So that it's in reach if he needs it? What kind of question is that? Mine stays on the seat beside me as well, first I've heard about this "holster law"
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James Harden got arrested in Houston because his gun was allegedly sitting in his car without a holster.
In Texas.
A constitutional carry state.
Same gun. Same car. Same person.
But if it’s in a holster, he drives home.
If it’s sitting bare on the seat, he gets booked.
That’s the kind of technicality that turns a law-abiding person into a criminal overnight.
And here’s the part nobody wants to answer:
Does a holster actually make him safer?
Or does it just give the government one more box to check before they cuff you?
Because the criminals carjacking people at 3 AM in Houston are not worried about holster laws.
The only people these laws usually trap are the ones trying to follow the law in the first place.
So be honest…
Should James Harden have been arrested over this?
Or is Texas pretending to be pro-2A while still letting tiny technicalities chip away at your rights?
Drop your answer below.
Shop America hat here:
shop.mrcolionnoir.com/collections/am…
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@AMAZlNGNATURE @grok When the surf pulls back due to a tsunami pre-landing. Approximately how long do you have until it hits? Minutes? An hour?
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@data_republican @Grok approximately how many Muslims has the United States military killed or displaced in the last 50 years?
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I asked Grok to list the major attacks on the U.S. by Iran and Hezbollah over the last 47 years. Now I'm wondering why it took our leaders so long to do anything significant beyond sanctions and limited responses.
When all the Marines were killed in 1983 while sleeping in their barracks, our country basically did nothing to retaliate, and in 1984 we withdrew all troops from Lebanon... that's basically a retreat imo.
1979: US Embassy hostage crisis (52 Americans held 444 days)
1983: Beirut bombings — 17 killed at Embassy + 241 Marines (Iran-backed Hezbollah)
1996: Khobar Towers bombing — 19 US airmen killed
2003–2011: Iraq — 600+ US troops killed via Iranian EFPs & militias
2020: Missile strikes on US bases in Iraq (100+ injured)
2023–2024: 180+ proxy attacks on US forces (3 killed in Jordan)
For so much of this, I was young, unengaged, and stupid. So glad President Trump is doing what he is doing now!
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@WhiteHouse The navy escorting oil tankers was widely known, hardly a secret mission..
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@TheIntelFrogbu @TheIntelFrog Idk how the backup account never came across my radar but glad to see you back!
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This account will transition to being dormant over the next few days as I have regained control of my main account @TheIntelFrog and will resume posting there.
Thank you to each of you who stuck with us through the issues.

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@BowTiedYukon I can smell this picture. Combo of cocaine, champagne, graped bungholes and thot crotch with a hint of sun lotion and sea salt.
GIF
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These are the people who finance & for vote politicians who pass laws that make gas powered lawns mowers illegal
alexei@alexeixbt
how billionaires are gathering for the f1 weekend in monaco and you're talking about being realistic
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@TRHLofficial @RepThomasMassie I was unaware that we had "acceptable" levels of spying by foreign countries.. learn something new every day 🤷♂️
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Pentagon Sees Growing
Espionage Threat From Israel:
The Defense Department has increased the counterintelligence threat assessment to its highest level, and Israel is believed to have eavesdropped on American negotiations with Iran.
nytimes.com/2026/06/06/us/…
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@BowTiedYukon My cousin pitches for the Astros and just bounced back from a Tommy John surgery. I can't wrap my head around why they're banned from use that for rehab but I have a feeling that'll change soon
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Last night after my 10U travel ball game I was loading the gear into my truck & a mom saw an insulin needle in the pocket of my gym bag from my THERMOGENIX from my morning workout
“I didn’t know you were a diabetic” she said
Oh I don’t have diabetes. Those are for our pitchers. At the end of the game I give them injections of BPC-157 and TB-500 just to make sure those arms recover faster so they stay in tip top shape for the season & we can push the pitch count
She looked horrified and confused so I’m sure she spent the rest of her evening on Google & Chat GTP

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@SStricklandMMA It's not even the recoil with those that's so gnarly, it's the friggin overpressure that smacks tf outta you. Getchu one of those Barrett QDL's fam
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@AutismCapital should i be proud or ashamed i have no clue who these people are? But "the plug" doesn't sound promising
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@jlnpjr @Helloimmorgan It wouldn't be on her shoulder if it were chiggers
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@Iowacrops @USDA Did you read the part about them waiting for confirmation from the lab? or nah?
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A case of NWS may have been detected in South Texas. The sample is now at USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, lowa for confirmatory testing. We will provide updates the moment results are available.
We have already activated personnel on the ground and are working with local partners.
What you can expect from us is transparency, candor, and most important — action.
screwworm.gov
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