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Dr. Raleigh Phillips's avatar

You can’t hide anything from your mom 👩 she already knows!

David Baldwin's avatar

And when you did something bad, she knew about it BEFORE you got home! Those parents during the 50's-70's knew who you were and called your parents immediately! Give me those olden days back again!

Dr. Molly Rutherford's avatar

I mean to be fair, it's easy with teens. I called my mom from a party in high school to tell her I would be late. She said "where are you?" I put my hand over the speaker and yelled "where am I?" She said "get your ass home now."

Juju's avatar

I was thwarted by tomatoes.

A bunch of classmates helped me sneak out of the house under the nose of my older sister when my parents went away for the weekend. When my parents got back they knew everything before even questioning me. They couldn’t possibly know anything! So I dug my lying toes in to every question while they acted like they knew nothing, until they revealed I was grounded and why.

In the end what gave it all away was how my stupid friends harvested every tomato from my mom’s garden (a year’s worth of canned sauce gone) to throw at oncoming trains while we were out. The empty vines were the key to the capers. My mother was furious, to tears. Now that I appreciate the hard work it takes to grow your own food, I’ll be ashamed even into my afterlife. 🤦🏼‍♀️

GregWA's avatar

so many people do not feel shame...so I suspect you'll be somewhere nice in the afterlife!

Juju's avatar

God properly punished me with karma. The past three years of working like a dog to learn to grow tomatoes in my suburban backyard was a disaster, as every ground squirrel in the entire state found my back yard and chewed up every single tomato that grew on the 10 plants I had planted each year. Even the ones in pots on the deck! It was heartbreaking. Karma

JudyC's avatar

Who says God doesn’t have a sense of humor?!!

Double Mc's avatar

Yup. to this day I don't know who squealed, but by time I got home (seven minute walk), Mom knew I'd been kissing a boy behind a barn.

David Baldwin's avatar

It was a GOOD THING that you were only kissing. I was playing "spin the bottle" with 4 boys and 4 girls and was tattled on.

Positively Paying It Forward's avatar

Talk about "letting the horse out of the barn".........LOL

David Wolosik's avatar

Actually, BEFORE you even did it!

Dr. Molly Rutherford's avatar

So true lol. I never got away with any of my lies. Teenagers are so stupid. I am very unhappy that my mother gave me that curse...to have a child just like me.

John Wright's avatar

Children! It's just like being re-incarnated! Dang little troublemaker teenagers!

CathywithaC's avatar

Cuz she saw it all with the eyes in the back of her head!

Positively Paying It Forward's avatar

The guy behind the speaker in the Secret Service Director photo pretty much tells you everything you need to know about how government (especially the really secret, special stuff) works its tail off every day to protect Americans.

Vee's avatar

lol this is definitely Scooby Doo land. Would anyone be surprised if there were FBI informants involved in this operation to influnce this teenage landscaper gone rogue and the other recruits?

Tim Pallies's avatar

"teenage landscaper gone rogue" Netflix will get 2 or 3 seasons out of this idea.

Jim Moore's avatar

Anyone see Ray Epps lately? 🧐

Doug's avatar

That was my thought when I first heard about this. It's a notorious FBI tactic: recruit, encourage, enable, arrest. Take credit for foiling a plot they enabled. Like McVeigh and OKC (with the help of SPLC) - except they didn't pre-wire a building on the inside with this one...

Yeah, I listen to James Corbett...

The Great Santini's avatar

I so wanted to click the Babylon Bee, but Mom won out.

Pat Wetzel's avatar

I succumbed to the Bee. Just had to do it!

SteveO's avatar

Me thinks this is way overblown. That it is being sensationalized based on who they are saying is involved. And I think that there were/are much more sophisticated attempts thwarted that probably include the Mossad, Mi5/6 and others. The one described appears to be amateur night. We overpay the 3 letter agencies they are incompetent at best. And we need to dismantle all of them. They are pretty much useless. Sorry I am disgusted with them and the majority of the government. I do appreciate the President though. God Bless America.

FLGenX's avatar

I agree. If the poll had included “The Narrative” as a choice, I would’ve picked that.

SteveO's avatar

I think you have the better take. "The Narrative" that is all that they do. It is ridiculous and you can see right through their false statements. Patterns all day everyday.

Demonhype's avatar

I think the amateur night part is what gets the attention because it's hilarious. As opposed to actually competent attempts.

The Great Santini's avatar

Now for the serious question. How many Iranian, Chinese, and/or Cartel sleeper cells do you think are out there and what, if anything, are our security agencies doing about them. And, no, I am not arguing that we should suspend our Constitution to go after them.

Meanwhile yesterday the Obamites were taking a victory lap about DACA. In case you missed it, the leader of this little folly was imported under DACA. Pretty clear indication of where they stand on the whole national security issue. And the still can’t keep Joe from wandering around the stage.

Frontera Lupita's avatar

Yesterday I was wandering through the lobby of a hotel in Mexico when I saw the Obama Library ‘festivities’ on CNN. I had no clue that was going on. I saw all the attendant pedos, a grifter POTUS, and trannies, on the stage. I looked for a few seconds then walked out the door.

The Great Santini's avatar

I couldn’t get past the completely insincere ‘land acknowledgement’ or the invocation because of all of the BS. Nauseating.

Dena's avatar

Valerie Jarrett 🤮

SHug's avatar

" How many Iranian, Chinese, and/or Cartel sleeper cells do you think are out there and what, if anything, are our security agencies doing about them."

Well, never mind that Biden was inviting them and seeing as Canada has been importing this type person for at least a couple years and the border with Canada is mostly open...... there is absolutely no telling at this point. Keep your head on a swivel folks.

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

I am continually making noise about suspicious behavior by a particular house in California. The problem is the Code Enforcement officers need to be smart enough and brave enough to reach out to the Feds' because as we all know. California is full of Bad actors that persistently terrorize the neighborhood and dump trash and dogs and Lord knows what else!

Pastor Mike's avatar

Now if we could just get the ToTally oRganic ICE protesters, not at all coordinated, "Signal Chatters" in Minnesota jailed.

SHug's avatar

I SOOOO enjoyed it when data_republican Jennica, popped up in their chats and let them know they were all being tracked at that point. They've got the evidence already, bet they're still tracking each $$$ donor.

Pastor Mike's avatar

And here you have your first "follow me for stupid parenting life hacks" clue. Giving a 19-year-old enough graduation money to purchase an alarming cache of guns, ammo, body armor, and tactical gear. The last time I checked, a Daniel Defense AR alone starts at over $2k and goes up wildly from there. Just 1 gun.

kittynana's avatar

@Pastor- That's exactly what I thought when I read it!

John (jc) Comeau's avatar

If I were a betting man, I'd wager at least one of the "co-conspirators" was an FBI agent or asset, attempting to steer the retards towards headline-grabbing mayhem. That's what they do.

FLGenX's avatar

🎯💯

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

My thoughts were two-fold, first, my mind jumped to Deep State grooming of Terrorists and assassins, and second, the continued and persistent incompetence of the Secret Service whenever and wherever Trump is concerned! If I had been in Patels position, I would likely have done the same! We already have proof that the Secret Service knowingly assigned very green officers to do the very important pre-event planning and assigned DEI hires to both guard the President and run the Day of Events!

Is it any wonder that Other Law Enforcement/Investigatory Agencies see the need to expose the Secrets of the Secrete Service! I for one would send them all to be retrained with an emphasis on actually being able to hit a moving target, run an operation and use drones to scout and clear a perimeter of operations!

Jpeach's avatar

(some) Mom’s are the Best! The FBI and Secret Service, not so much.

Marlene Swann's avatar

I’m wondering who she notified? FBI? Secret Service? Sounds like she could have handled it equally well by grounding her kid and taking away his internet privileges…. Wow. What are our children LEARNING? Covert operations are the best way to handle growing frustration with the gov’t. Good job, educators.

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

The Two Young men who shot people in front of a Mosque in SoCal a few weeks ago, also had an alert Mother, but sadly she waited until her son took the car. The fact that he was on an "Independent Study", isolated in his room and into video games and guns, should have alerted these Mothers' long ago!

Not every teen with has a gun fascination and video game fetish will act out, but add to that the isolation "independent Study", and your cooking with bad juju!

I happily let my son live out his gun fascination with airsoft pellets during his Tween Years, knowing that it was a phase. I let he and his friends gear-up and play in our backyard, while I was home to monitor and take care, give direction when I saw potential issues! My Orange tree suffered greatly that year and those darn plastic pellets kept surfacing for years, but his fascination was satisfied and Sports and flight soon filled his thoughts.

Video Games were monitored as well, And the computers where in family areas only!

Jan's avatar
Jun 19Edited

If you want to laugh and feel proud of the USA watch some other parts of the world people reactions to seeing American for the first time as the World Cup goes on. I heard gobsmacked, awesome, beautiful and visits to Walmart and Waffle House, and plane flyovers, eagles, and the anthem, friendliness of the natives, Just free pop refills at fast food places took a young man off the edge. The Grand Canyon had some Japanese visitors tearing up. two young Brit men being told in Texas that eating that brisket with utensils was not allowed. Pick it up with your fingers and eat it. You don’t need a knife. First bite: their eyes grew wide. A real hoot to watch. I feel better today. Bought a new flag for my house. Make a nice post, Jenna. Wonder what Bluesky is huffing and puffing about.

Nancy Fahey's avatar

The reaction of the 1000’s of tourist has been totally out of the ‘box’!!!! Fun to hear lots of them couldn’t afford tickets but still went to the cities and had sooooo much fun in our bars (their PUBS)….maybe USA isn’t so bad….great read today Jenna…kudos to MOMS!!!!

AJoy's avatar

I teared up as well at the Grand Canyon ;)

Dave's avatar

Mums the word :)

KatWarrior's avatar

Kudos to mama bear!

One cannot underestimate the mental instability. Period!

I took a much needed break from “reality” and just returned to the clown shite show, LA.

Welcome back, Kat! The shite show resumes.

Juju's avatar

She deserves a medal presented to her on national tv, publicly rewarding the actions of a good parent to be an example. So many have lost their way they don’t know what a good parent is anymore. It’s “complicated”. No. It’s not. It’s this mom.

kittynana's avatar

@Kat- in this case, she wasn't Mama Bear. She was Mama Narc and we need more of that.

kittynana's avatar

@Frontera- I aim to please

Thomas G. Ahlers's avatar

The Mom for sure. I hope she gets at least the Buick sized bouquet! PS. Jenna, a seriously LOL hilarious piece!

Sir Tom of Northfield's avatar

"Working for the government" means you couldn't get hired anywhere else. The best we can hope for is maybe being lucky.

Gene's avatar

MMAGA Moms Make America Great Again!

Jenna McCarthy's avatar

Although there were clearly some parenting fails going on here…🙈

John Wright's avatar

Is it possible to be a parent and not fail at least once or twice?