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EMT 8/29/15 - The bright side edition. [krakatoa]

Only nine more days to college football season.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 06:00 AM




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1 College football? Been there, done that. Sitting it out (again) this year.

Posted by: St. Bonaventure at August 29, 2015 06:06 AM (JIWHB)

2 Are you telling us to go into the light??

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2015 06:07 AM (JgpFm)

3
Star Wars: The Force Awakens' New Star Destroyer Has A Terrifying Name

The USS Trump, no -- wait:

The folks at Star Wars 7 News got their hands on a photo from an upcoming Star Wars book called Star Wars: Ships of the Galaxy. The image shows a schematic drawing of the massive new vessel, reportedly a tool of the First Order, and also reveals the name: Finalizer.

http://tinyurl.com/oda5mqd

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 29, 2015 06:13 AM (kdS6q)

4 If it was a Tool of the 1st Order, it would be called the Boner.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2015 06:15 AM (JgpFm)

5 Is American Pharaoh really American? Because I went to the supermarket deli and got some Swiss cheese, and it was from Finland. So now I'm question everything.

Posted by: FireHorse at August 29, 2015 06:19 AM (JIWHB)

6 Good morning, Horde, what am I doing up at 3.22 am?

Posted by: navybrat at August 29, 2015 06:20 AM (ETxiG)

7 Navybrat: You know you're in Pacific time, right?

Posted by: FireHorse at August 29, 2015 06:24 AM (JIWHB)

8 "Only nine more days to college football season."

It's hard to trump that.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2015 06:25 AM (ELEPX)

9 Yeah, sometimes I just wake up.
And there I am.
Awake.

Posted by: navybrat at August 29, 2015 06:27 AM (ETxiG)

10 BTW, I am enjoying the new civility.
The blog was starting to resemble youtube commenters.

Posted by: navybrat at August 29, 2015 06:30 AM (ETxiG)

11 College football season in nine days?! No way!!

(Testing boundaries of banning by punctuation)

Posted by: Ruth at August 29, 2015 06:31 AM (oo88B)

12
On this Rock, I shall build my Church:

Pope Francis Praises Italian Children's Book Featuring Gay Penguins

Piccolo Uovo (Little Egg) by author Francesca Pardi tells the story of an eggs encounters with different family types: a pair of gay penguins raising a baby penguin, lesbian rabbits, a single parent hippo, and even a kangaroo that has adopted a polar bear cub.

http://tinyurl.com/pxbeaf6

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 29, 2015 06:32 AM (kdS6q)

13 >>>676 ******

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at August 29, 2015 05:35 AM (C8x6r)
(from the last thread)

There'll be none of that, young man.

Posted by: m at August 29, 2015 06:32 AM (ELEPX)

14 "Only nine more days to college football season.'

And U of I just fired its Couch. Say hello to 0-11 Season.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at August 29, 2015 06:32 AM (QLqUE)

15 "Sometimes" is a good sign.

(If it happens regularly - like, every night you wake up at 3:15 in the morning and you look out your window and see your daughter hanging out with her new friend Jody - then you have cause for concern. Jody doesn't like you.)

Posted by: FireHorse at August 29, 2015 06:32 AM (JIWHB)

16 Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at August 29, 2015 06:32 AM (QLqUE)

Just read a little about that dumpster fire. Wow. Congrats Tim, on that massive cluster#&%$.

Good riddance is the best you can say about that douche.

Good luck going forward.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at August 29, 2015 06:36 AM (gCeSe)

17 College football season in nine days?! No way!!

Posted by: Ruth at August 29, 2015 06:31 AM
________

Heeeey!

Posted by: Interrobang at August 29, 2015 06:37 AM (JIWHB)

18 Couch should have been Coach.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at August 29, 2015 06:37 AM (QLqUE)

19 From Houston, they caught the murderer early this morning who murdered the deputy sheriff in Houston last night. Execution style.... or more accurately, cartel style. Shot in the back of the head and then multiple times as he stood over the officers body. The scum went to his Mom's house.... and thankfully she called the cops and told them where to find him.

Posted by: Yip at August 29, 2015 06:37 AM (e7T6D)

20 Good, I am glad they caught the perp.

Posted by: navybrat at August 29, 2015 06:41 AM (ETxiG)

21 A couch would probably been a better choice but this is Illinois.


Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at August 29, 2015 06:41 AM (QLqUE)

22 Confession time: I had to google interrobang yesterday, never heard of it!!

Crazy, huh?!

Posted by: Ruth at August 29, 2015 06:43 AM (oo88B)

23 "Pope Francis Praises Italian Children's Book Featuring Gay Penguins "

Satan's been patiently planning, & waiting, for the right time to sit in the papal seat
(he's probably been there before, I don't know much about history...)

Posted by: Ruth at August 29, 2015 06:49 AM (oo88B)

24 Ruth, look up Avignon Captivity when the French king moved the Papal See out of Rome to a French city.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2015 06:55 AM (JgpFm)

25 In Shocking Div 1 Football news, The Fighting Illini did put up a fight but lost their opener to Kent State, yes people, you read that right, Kent State. 54-52 was the final score as Kent State kicked a 82 yard Field Goal at the buzzer to win.

Not only did the Field Goal set a record but in dramatic fashion the ball bounced off the crossbar not once, not twice, not three times, but four times.

Comments from the Kicker could not be obtained. He will probably miss at least a month after imbibing a gallon an a half of very bad Ukrainian Vodka in celebration and is suffering the effects of alcohol poisoning.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at August 29, 2015 06:55 AM (QLqUE)

26 I had to google interrobang yesterday, never heard of it!!

Posted by: Ruth at August 29, 2015 06:43 AM
________

What?! No way!!

Posted by: FireHorse at August 29, 2015 06:56 AM (JIWHB)

27 It's 4:49 a.m., American. One day closer to victory.

Go Irish.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at August 29, 2015 06:58 AM (yxw0r)

28 foootballl! all i got.

Posted by: trailortrash at August 29, 2015 06:59 AM (g8cvV)

29 "every night you wake up at 3:15 in the morning and you look out your window and see your daughter hanging out with her new friend Jody - then you have cause for concern. Jody doesn't like you.)"

That's never a good thing -- the best defense is acting like Jory's the bomb diggity then periodically asking leading questions that make your daughter think in her quiet time & when Jody does things that give your daughter pause.

Posted by: Ruth at August 29, 2015 07:00 AM (oo88B)

30 DAY 1,026

437 to go (510 to Inauguration Day 2017)


Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, Mao-suits, McCain's, McConnell's, Mahdi megatons, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, mewling mattress myth manufacturers, marriage maimers, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Myrmidons, Mugwumps, Monrovian microbes, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microaggressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2015 07:01 AM (St6BJ)

31 3 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 29, 2015 06:13 AM (kdS6q)


They should have named them "Meanie," "Bully," "Fink" or "Not Nice."

That would really instill fear in those Rebels, I tell's ya.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2015 07:03 AM (St6BJ)

32

Does Lambda Legal Foundation know that their ads are appearing here?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2015 07:04 AM (St6BJ)

33 CNN says the accused cop killer in Houston not caught, Fox says he is.

Posted by: Baldy at August 29, 2015 07:06 AM (sEXjW)

34 Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2015 06:55 AM (JgpFm)

I had no idea! These times we're in now still pale in comparison to what was & what will be.

We must keep fighting!

Posted by: Ruth at August 29, 2015 07:08 AM (oo88B)

35 Jody of course is the name of anyone sleeping with the girl you want
What does that say about your relationship with your daughter

Posted by: Righter at August 29, 2015 07:09 AM (A9iPS)

36 I predict Virginia Tech will do what they usually do. Achieve a mediocre record, go to some mid week bowl game, probably win it, and then hibernate till the next CF season and do it all over again. GO HOKIES!!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 29, 2015 07:09 AM (HJk46)

37 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2015 07:09 AM (KCxzN)

38
Paul Royle, one of the RAF airmen who broke out of Stalag Luft 3 in the legendary "Great Escape" passed away last Sunday at the age of 101. Click on my handle for more info.

RIP, Flight Lieutenant Royle.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2015 07:10 AM (St6BJ)

39 Just another symbol Pixy won't let us use.


Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at August 29, 2015 07:11 AM (QLqUE)

40 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 29, 2015 06:32 AM (kdS6q)


The Pope is a jackass. He's Obama in white robes.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 29, 2015 07:11 AM (Oodza)

41 "Only nine more days to college football season."

Error.

The college football season actually starts in four days when Michigan plays at Utah, this Thursday night at 5:30 PM (PST) on Fox Sports 1.

Posted by: Captain Kirock at August 29, 2015 07:11 AM (dL0Io)

42 GO UTES!

Fuck Harbaugh.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 29, 2015 07:13 AM (HJk46)

43 The image shows a schematic drawing of the massive new vessel, reportedly a tool of the First Order, and also reveals the name: Finalizer.

Dumb. Just give them a goddamn death star. Don't be cute.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 29, 2015 07:13 AM (Oodza)

44 I checked Fox and ABC stations in Houston and both say he was caught.

Posted by: Yip at August 29, 2015 07:14 AM (e7T6D)

45 41 "Only nine more days to college football season."

Error.

The college football season actually starts in four days when Michigan plays at Utah, this Thursday night at 5:30 PM (PST) on Fox Sports 1.

Flag on the play?! Flag on the play!! Flag, on the play.

Posted by: Ruth at August 29, 2015 07:14 AM (oo88B)

46 Great blog, J.J. It was nice to see Empire of Jeff. Now we just need Dagny and Vic!

Posted by: Chilling the most at August 29, 2015 07:16 AM (3D/6s)

47 Ruth, a book you might want to suss out is Ross King's Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling.

Nothing says the College of Cardinals is totes serious about electing the next Pope than one Cardinal smuggling his dwarf in. This is also the era when an idealistic Martin Luther traveled to visit Rome and was shocked at what he saw.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2015 07:18 AM (JgpFm)

48 one Cardinal smuggling his dwarf in.

That's a euphemism I haven't seen before.

Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at August 29, 2015 07:19 AM (rHXGG)

49
The Iranian version of the Finalizer is called the Photoshopper.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2015 07:19 AM (St6BJ)

50 HR, no the Cardinal actually smuggled a dwarf into what was supposed to be the sealed conclave.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2015 07:20 AM (JgpFm)

51 46 Great blog, J.J. It was nice to see Empire of Jeff. Now we just need Dagny and Vic!
Posted by: Chilling the most at August 29, 2015 07:16 AM (3D/6s)

Thanks dude. It's a CBD joint, so throw him a little love. We're kind of like the Derek and the Dominoes or Intergalactic Touring Band of blogs. Hey, wait. Band of Bloggers. Fuck! THAT should've been the name.

Oh well.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2015 07:21 AM (St6BJ)

52 Congrats H. R.
Have a wonderful marriage. I hope you keep coming here, though!

Posted by: Chilling the most at August 29, 2015 07:21 AM (3D/6s)

53 St. Crispin's Blog? Or maybe The Merry Few?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2015 07:22 AM (JgpFm)

54 first insanity story of the day: from weaselzippers:

Moonbats At U Of Tennessee Tells Staff To Stop Using 'He' And 'She', And Use 'Xe', 'Zyr' and 'Xyr' Instead

....

The University of Tennessee has told its staff and students to stop calling each other 'he', 'she', 'him' and 'her' - and to start referring to one another with terms like 'xe', 'zir' and 'xyr' instead.

The Knoxville branch of the public university sent a memo round to its members filled with unusual new parts of speech to avoid referring to anybody's gender.

According to a gay rights official at the university, the new language regime will make the university 'welcoming and inclusive' and stop people feeling 'marginalized'.


[We personally think this are an good idea. We will begin by referring to Hillary, Biden, etc by using such gender-neutral terms as "liar" 'trash" and "shithead". And "trash" has the double plus benefit of also being singular or plural.]

Posted by: mallfly at August 29, 2015 07:23 AM (qSIlh)

55 51 46 Great blog, J.J. It was nice to see Empire of Jeff. Now we just need Dagny and Vic!
Posted by: Chilling the most at August 29, 2015 07:16 AM (3D/6s)


What did happen to EoJ? Was there unpleasantness?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 29, 2015 07:23 AM (Oodza)

56 55 What did happen to EoJ? Was there unpleasantness?
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 29, 2015 07:23 AM (Oodza)


IIRC, he was getting annoyed at either Gabe (surprising, I know) or something else and decided to strike off on his own. Good man.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2015 07:25 AM (St6BJ)

57 48 one Cardinal smuggling his dwarf in.

That's a euphemism I haven't seen before.
Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at August 29, 2015 07:19 AM (rHXGG)


It involves bishops and flogging . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2015 07:25 AM (St6BJ)

58 47 Ruth, a book you might want to suss out is Ross King's Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling.

Nothing says the College of Cardinals is totes serious about electing the next Pope than one Cardinal smuggling his dwarf in. This is also the era when an idealistic Martin Luther traveled to visit Rome and was shocked at what he saw.

Thanks, Anna, I will.

Posted by: Ruth at August 29, 2015 07:26 AM (oo88B)

59 The Rosenbergs, what should be done to Hillary, her henchmen, and the server.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2015 07:26 AM (JgpFm)

60 J.J.

I am an ette! Chilling the most is a line from a Kid Rock song. But I look forward to your blog daily. The best part is that you give lots of space for long comments. I leave short comments, but I enjoy reading the long comments of others.

Posted by: Chilling the most at August 29, 2015 07:27 AM (3D/6s)

61 more goodness, from 'the right scoop dot com' via WZ (they have video, I can't watch Hillary until I've had at least five coffees):

Queen Hillary tells Fox reporter he's only entitled to ONE QUESTION
.....
I think Hillary Clinton was trying to pull off a Trump move today, trying to 'handle' Fox News reporter Ed Henry, except she failed miserably and comes off sounding like a hoity toity shrew

Posted by: mallfly at August 29, 2015 07:29 AM (qSIlh)

62 Buy a yacht with a flag that says.....




Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at August 29, 2015 07:29 AM (Vyg9x)

63 IIRC, he was getting annoyed at either Gabe (surprising, I know) or something else and decided to strike off on his own. Good man.

Yeah, he was funny.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 29, 2015 07:31 AM (Oodza)

64 60 J.J.

I am an ette! Chilling the most is a line from a Kid Rock song. But I look forward to your blog daily. The best part is that you give lots of space for long comments. I leave short comments, but I enjoy reading the long comments of others.
Posted by: Chilling the most at August 29, 2015 07:27 AM (3D/6s)


Oops. Thanks, toots! Chicks dig the "long" comments, right? Give us a link and we'll reciprocate. And that's not a euphemism.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2015 07:32 AM (St6BJ)

65 Oops. Thanks, toots! Chicks dig the "long" comments, right? Give us a link and we'll reciprocate. And that's not a euphemism.

**hangs head in disappointment**

Posted by: Ruth at August 29, 2015 07:33 AM (oo88B)

66 Some asshole called me on my work phone at 5:52am. The fucking nerve of some people,

I will be happy when this month is over.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 29, 2015 07:33 AM (fgSDS)

67 61 Posted by: mallfly at August 29, 2015 07:29 AM (qSIlh)


You know, when you strip away the protective shield of the MFM and Bill, Hilary Clinton comes off as mean, disingenuous and completely robotic. Damn, even Joey Choo Choo is more appealing than her.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2015 07:34 AM (St6BJ)

68 Great blog, J.J. It was nice to see Empire of Jeff. Now we just need Dagny and Vic!

Posted by: Chilling the most at August 29, 2015 07:16 AM (3D/6s)

What blog?

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at August 29, 2015 07:36 AM (R8hU8)

69 Maybe this will cheer you up Mis Hum

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/selection-du-weekend-155-25.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2015 07:40 AM (JgpFm)

70 Posted by: Yip at August 29, 2015 06:37 AM (e7T6D) - Thank you.

Posted by: Baldy at August 29, 2015 07:42 AM (sEXjW)

71 Which thread did EoJ comment in?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at August 29, 2015 07:49 AM (Vyg9x)

72 The image shows a schematic drawing of the massive new vessel, reportedly a tool of the First Order, and also reveals the name: Finalizer.

Iain M Banks Culture series featured the best ship names in scifi; just a sample:

No More Mr Nice Guy
So Much For Subtlety
You'll Thank Me Later
All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff

Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at August 29, 2015 07:52 AM (RKQ/v)

73 Which thread did EoJ comment in?

The one about drunken women.

Posted by: Grey Fox at August 29, 2015 07:52 AM (bZ7mE)

74 So a former SoS, a known liar, a screaming bitch harpy, a former Presidential candidate and an unfaithful spouse walk into a bar.

Bartender says: Yes Hillary, the usual?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 07:55 AM (VPLuQ)

75 Roll Tide !

Posted by: tampatide at August 29, 2015 07:57 AM (ufrRG)

76 Good morning! Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 29, 2015 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

77 Iain M Banks Culture series featured the best ship names in scifi; just a sample:

No More Mr Nice Guy
So Much For Subtlety
You'll Thank Me Later
All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff


Post-dated Check Loan from "Schlock Mercenary" is pretty good, too. The ship chooses its own name, being essentially an AI with a hull around it, and is dismayed when the crew immediately shorten it to PD and then to Petey.

Posted by: Grey Fox at August 29, 2015 07:58 AM (bZ7mE)

78 Snow Crash - Sweet Reason.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2015 08:01 AM (JgpFm)

79 68 What blog?
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at August 29, 2015 07:36 AM (R8hU

Link in my nic or:

www.cutjibnewsletter.com

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2015 08:01 AM (St6BJ)

80 No More Mr Nice Guy

So Much For Subtlety

You'll Thank Me Later

All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff





Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at August 29, 2015 07:52 AM (RKQ/v)

When Your Wife Says "Everything's Fine"Sugar-Free Gummy BearsWe Need to Talk

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at August 29, 2015 08:03 AM (yxw0r)

81 That link doesn't work for me, Sefton - something to do with Pixy, I suspect. It does work when typed into another browser window.

Posted by: Grey Fox at August 29, 2015 08:03 AM (bZ7mE)

82 Thanks for the layout, pixy.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at August 29, 2015 08:04 AM (yxw0r)

83
I like Iain Banks but in his last article announcing his illness, he had to go all anti Israel.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 29, 2015 08:05 AM (iQIUe)

84
Okay, fellow babies. Off to do some food shopping and then other assorted meshugas (another great blog title!).

Later!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 29, 2015 08:06 AM (St6BJ)

85 My ship's name is the Overcompensation.

Posted by: new Star Wars character with really short "light saber" and a ginormous ship at August 29, 2015 08:08 AM (4nTsn)

86 Have fun Sefton.

Guess I should get back to book cover design. Or write the sequel.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2015 08:08 AM (JgpFm)

87 Thanks J.J. The nic did not work

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at August 29, 2015 08:09 AM (R8hU8)

88 WJS has an interesting article about Trump and Hispanic US citizens/legal immigrants.


http://tinyurl.com/q9zg4lj

If it comes up as paywall, Google "America is So in Play" and it should come up as a search result.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 08:09 AM (VPLuQ)

89
Could never understand why these people in the drug business just didnt take what they earned and retired. They said Escobar was making 60 million a day at his height. Now I'm sure he made a lot less for a lot longer and expenses were high since the business model relied on bribes, but still, you would think that with a few million you could be happy anywhere doing nothing.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 29, 2015 08:11 AM (iQIUe)

90 Morning! I got nuthin...

Wouldn't even be awake if the dog hadn't woke me up.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 29, 2015 08:14 AM (UpGcq)

91 Could never understand why these people in the drug business just didnt take what they earned and retired.

I suspect that it isn't quite safe to relinquish the reins of power in that business. Once you get on the wolf's back, you have to keep riding it to stay away from its teeth. Of course, if you are the type of person who can make it to the top of that kind of business, you aren't likely to want to hand over power to begin with.

Posted by: Grey Fox at August 29, 2015 08:22 AM (bZ7mE)

92 Raining most goodly here in No. Ill. A great day to roll over and go back to sleep. I tried to convince the wife it was a great day for other things....that idea did not fly.

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2015 08:22 AM (8ikIW)

93 Of course, if you are the type of person who can
make it to the top of that kind of business, you aren't likely to want
to hand over power to begin with.

Posted by: Grey Fox

Probably the same with our politicians. How many government teats can they fit in their mouth?

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2015 08:24 AM (8ikIW)

94 I was all set to say, "Hey, who's this Vic newcomer and why is he cluttering up the comments with all these news links?" And Vic had to go and spoil the joke by not getting back in business yet. Can't trust that guy.

An interrobang‽‽

Morning, Glories!

Posted by: mindful webworker - up & atom at August 29, 2015 08:25 AM (lADRM)

95 Morning all.

Probably just lost a FB friend and the wife of another Navy Dentist, but one of her friends tried comparing Trump to Hitler and I ripped her a new one. Counting down till I am de-friended.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2015 08:27 AM (DUoqb)

96
93 After a few years in that world you know too much and too many people's names to be allowed to risk a retirement.
Your kid gets in trouble and you'll give up names to get him out. Wasn't that in Goddfellas???

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 08:27 AM (LAliD)

97 The Rosenbergs, what should be done to Hillary, her henchmen, and the server.


Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2015 07:26 AM (JgpFm)



We need an electric couch to take care of the army of scum and traitors. But we'll use solar power so it's done in a PC way

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 29, 2015 08:30 AM (DiZBp)

98 I hate when people respond to me but dont use my name as if I have the time to read thru every comment. Now there are not many comments but lately we have been gettng close to a thousand. If you are going to copy my words, how hard is it to copy my signature, too?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 29, 2015 08:31 AM (iQIUe)

99 After a few years in that world you know too much and too many people's names to be allowed to risk a retirement.
Your kid gets in trouble and you'll give up names to get him out. Wasn't that in Goddfellas???
Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 08:27 AM (LAliD)


'Casino"
But what the hell all guinies look the same right? Capice?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2015 08:31 AM (DUoqb)

100 If you are going to copy my words, how hard is it to copy my signature, too?

A lot. It screws with the formatting something awful, which is why I stopped doing so several years back.

Posted by: Grey Fox at August 29, 2015 08:32 AM (bZ7mE)

101 I hate when people respond to me but dont use my name as if I have the time to read thru every comment. Now there are not many comments but lately we have been gettng close to a thousand. If you are going to copy my words, how hard is it to copy my signature, too?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 29, 2015 08:31 AM (iQIUe)


Lets give it a try....

Posted by: Grey Fox at August 29, 2015 08:33 AM (bZ7mE)

102 Maybe it was just names with links in them.

Posted by: Grey Fox at August 29, 2015 08:34 AM (bZ7mE)

103 "Counting down till I am de-friended."

I don't do social media, but Mrs VIA does.
I look at it the same way as number stickers, and that stupid "Next Door" neighborhood social media.

Anything that allows the enemy to self identify as such is a good thing.

Between Co-exist stickers, Obama '12' stickers and Marriage Equality stickers, I can reduce the number of potential individuals to interact with in a hurry.

Although on the other hand, Friends shouldn't let friends Facebook while liberal.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 08:35 AM (VPLuQ)

104 Let's go, Irish!!!!

I hear the ND vs. Texas tickets are pretty expensive. We tried for it in three lotteries and got shut out.

You want Longhorns.

You'll take Trojans.

You get Owls.


(J/K - We actually got UMass, but Owls sounded funnier.)

Posted by: Gem at August 29, 2015 08:36 AM (c+gwp)

105 g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2015 08:36 AM (ZQfW9)

106 Of course, there are several ideas about "On this rock I will build my church." which people generally know about. The first is that it has to do with Peter being the first human head of the church and the line of the papacy being continued from him. The other is that it's Peter's confession which is the rock- that Christ is the Messiah, the chosen one of God." Then there's a third idea that links the two-that Peter's confession is fundamental but that's he also the "Rock" (the meaning of the name Peter in Aramaic and Greek) since he was a crucial figure in the early church. Debates about Papal supremacy, IMO seem to go nowhere and just lead to vitriolic arguments between Catholics and Protestants and Eastern Orthodox.

The Pope is not the church. His political ideas are not doctrine. If one were to look at the history of the church there have been some very bad Popes yet the church continued. People are not required by canon law to read a book about gay penguins and like it. It is highly unlikely that this Pope will try to change the doctrine on marriage which is clearly spelled out and which, I think he accepts.

So, yes, people who are Catholic can get agitated about what the Pope says about this or climate change or various social justice issues and say "I haven't been in church in 30 years" or they can go back to church, go to confession and take delight in the sustaining Sacrament of their faith- the Eucharist- read the Scriptures.read the lives and works of the Saints, serve others and enjoy their fellowship and pray. People who are not Catholic but are also Christians can go to church (or not), fix their eyes on Jesus, sing the great hymns of the faith, hopefully get something out of the message, study the Scriptures. read the lives and works of great Christians, serve others and hopefully enjoy the fellowship of fellow Christians .

The main thing, it seems to me- is the process of being transformed into the image of Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit. It is, (getting back to the rock imagery) as 1 Corinthians 10:4 says, to "drink from the same spiritual drink for they drank from the spiritual rock which fed them and that rock was Christ"

The head of my denomination (Locally) is a much more liberal than I am. He often says or writes things I disagree with but he is a man of prayer and loves Jesus and others, so I just try to accept the good along with the things I find problematic and continue in my Christian walk.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 08:36 AM (OSs/l)

107 Although on the other hand, Friends shouldn't let friends Facebook while liberal.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 08:35 AM (VPLuQ)


I usually hold my tongue, but this was so outrageous and offensive I just couldn't.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2015 08:38 AM (DUoqb)

108 The head of my denomination (Locally) is a much more liberal than I am.

Liberal theologically or politically?

Posted by: Grey Fox at August 29, 2015 08:38 AM (bZ7mE)

109 "Liberal theologically or politically?"

I usually find them to be intertwined.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 08:40 AM (VPLuQ)

110 107 The left loves to throw the Hitler references.Of course Hitler was a man of the left himself.

Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2015 08:41 AM (sPO3u)

111 Where all de white men at?

Posted by: Michael Sam at August 29, 2015 08:41 AM (P6Jv8)

112 New York Jets center Nick Mangolds day job is protecting his quarterback, but he also helped out his neighbors by calling 911 when he saw crooks breaking into his car ending a summer burglary spree.
The beefy Pro Bowler made the call at 5:30 a.m. on Aug. 23, helping to end a spree of 48 burglaries into unlocked cars in Chatham Township and Chatham Borough in New Jersey, WABC/Channel 7 reported.
Mangold called 911 after hearing his own car alarm sound and finding his garage door open. Cops arrived and took five alleged burglars into custody.

The crooks are lucky he called the police, he is as big as a moving mountain and could have killed them with his bare hands and a hell've of a Center also and a good guy also, which is rare on the Jets

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2015 08:41 AM (DUoqb)

113 I have a few dependably liberal friends on Facebook. I just view the crap they post as opposition research. I did, however, tee off on a woman who claims to be a long time friend of my mother. She posted the most hateful things on my mom's page every time the subject of abortion came up. She hasn't commented on mom's page since I tore her a new one.

Posted by: no good deed at August 29, 2015 08:42 AM (GgxVX)

114 "I usually hold my tongue, but this was so outrageous and offensive I just couldn't."

I get to that point myself as well.

Some levels of stupid can be ignored.

But then you run across that Saint Bernard turd size steaming pile of fecal posting that you just can't ignore.

Good luck with the friendship, and I hope it prevails.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 08:42 AM (VPLuQ)

115 I usually hold my tongue, but this was so outrageous and offensive I just couldn't.

Posted by: Nevergiveup

My wife friended a colleague on FB. This person is a libby beyond belief, but usually in a group situation doesn't bring it up unless someone dare question chocolate Jesus.

On facebook she is a screaming lib harpy that posts about 25 things a day complaining about crap she reads in Huff.
Wife had to unfriend her. My wife just wanted to use FB to catch up with old friends and see pics and high life moments of them.

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2015 08:43 AM (8ikIW)

116 "Where all de white men at?"

Uranus?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 08:43 AM (VPLuQ)

117 Did Trump call for the the opening of college football season?
If so, I am in favor of it.

Posted by: Lower Class person whose opinions need to be guided at August 29, 2015 08:44 AM (Ac4TS)

118 Posted by: Grey Fox at August 29, 2015 08:38 AM (bZ7mE

Both I suppose if you consider gay marriage both a theological and a political issue.If the denomination were to approve gay marriage he would accept it too. One thing I do like about him is that he says, "I will not tolerate anyone saying you're not a Christian based simply upon one's stand on gay marriage, either pro or con."

When he speaks on doctrine he sounds pretty orthodox to me. I mean nothing causes me to run shrieking from the room.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 08:46 AM (OSs/l)

119 Yes,this appearance will work out very well for Jeb.

http://tinyurl.com/psky7bl

Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2015 08:47 AM (sPO3u)

120 Seems that Dylan Roofs desire to have a race war could be getting closer to fulfillment.

Hey #BLM, be careful what you wish for.

http://tinyurl.com/ponuz5k

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 08:48 AM (VPLuQ)

121 #BlackLoavesMatter !

Posted by: African American Bakery at August 29, 2015 08:50 AM (P6Jv8)

122
106 The whole Rock controversy is pretty simple I think. The word used is petras, NOT petros.
Petros would be Peter, which would give Catholicism the keys to heaven
Petras means a generalized rock, which is the solid truth that Jesus is the Christ.
Catholicism I think prefers the first interpretation to make it seem like they are the narrow path.
Hard-core Catholics believe that only Catholic marriages and baptisms and sacraments are valid so I guess I'm a bastard and my parents were fornicators currently residing in hell.
Most Catholics aren't that hardcore. That's why they elected Obama.

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 08:51 AM (LAliD)

123 Georgia at Georgia could be a problem for my Tide this year.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 29, 2015 08:51 AM (u5gzz)

124 121 Pumpernickel?

Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2015 08:51 AM (sPO3u)

Posted by: #BlankLivesMatter at August 29, 2015 08:52 AM (4nTsn)

126 Hey #BLM, be careful what you wish for.

The surest sign of 'White Privilege' just might be winning the Race War going away.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 29, 2015 08:52 AM (oVJmc)

127 I've seen pics of the idiot named Sunshine wiping her large backside with the American flag on Facebook. Their "F-YoFlag" movement is disgusting, and she has tied herself to BlackLivesMatter. Turns out she has a radio show in Texas. She called for the murder of white people and cops just days before that asshole shot the deputy in Houston.

Posted by: no good deed at August 29, 2015 08:53 AM (GgxVX)

128 I think the cop executions might be covered more sympathetically if they all wore lion costumes.

Posted by: vivi at August 29, 2015 08:54 AM (etM5R)

129 Facebook blows the barbed cock of satan. Never joined, never will.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 29, 2015 08:54 AM (ucDmr)

130
112 "The crooks are lucky he called the police, he is as big as a moving mountain and could have killed them with his bare hands and a hell've of a Center also and a good guy also, which is rare on the Jets"
This can't possibly be true as I have reassured by experts in the media that an unarmed man is not dangerous

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 08:54 AM (LAliD)

131 I've seen pics of the idiot named Sunshine wiping
her large backside with the American flag on Facebook. Their "F-YoFlag"
movement is disgusting, and she has tied herself to BlackLivesMatter.
Turns out she has a radio show in Texas. She called for the murder of
white people and cops just days before that asshole shot the deputy in
Houston.

Posted by: no good deed at August 29, 2015 08:53 AM (GgxVX)


But only whitey can be racist

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 29, 2015 08:55 AM (DiZBp)

132 "This can't possibly be true as I have reassured by experts in the media that an unarmed man is not dangerous"

Word!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 08:55 AM (VPLuQ)

133 Facebook blows the barbed cock of satan. Never joined, never will.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo

I look at the wifes friends stuff every now and then. It amazes me what details people will share online. And some seem like they need to share their entire life online.

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2015 08:56 AM (8ikIW)

134 >>>Hey #BLM, be careful what you wish for. 

Only difference between these sacks of shit and the Klan is that BLM is mainstream.

Posted by: African American Bakery at August 29, 2015 08:56 AM (P6Jv8)

135 FTSB - The Timothy Hunt Witch Hunt

Good article but it bugs me that people feel compelled to try to be evenhanded, reaching back 20 years to make a horribly flawed comparison :

"For politically committed editors and reporters, a story that is too good to check is one that perfectly confirms their suspicions and prejudices about those they consider the enemy. It’s a phenomenon that exists on the right as well as the left—as evidenced by the bizarre stories in the 1990s claiming that the Clintons were drug smugglers and murderers. "

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 29, 2015 08:56 AM (rwI+c)

136 Possible Michigan highway sniper.

http://tinyurl.com/qjs5la4

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 08:57 AM (VPLuQ)

137 Personally I think it's valid to compare Trump to Hitler - and to Chavez while we're at it.

The politicians have formed a social-class with the government and media, and fail to offer solutions to the rest of the people. So along comes a populist (with a bad past) who has popular solutions (which might not be the right solutions). The lower/middle class supports him because at least he listens (for his own reasons).

Trump of course hasn't attempted a putsch yet (1923 Munich, 1991 Caracas). So there's that.

But hey. If it were up to me the armed-forces would take over the capital and install that Aussie guy from the House of York as king.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 29, 2015 08:57 AM (AVEe1)

138 Morning all. Nice and cool out (relatively) before the blast furnace that is SE Texas in August gets fully cranked up.

The Harris County Sheriff's Office released pics and descriptions of the shooter and his truck who shot down a Sheriff's Deputy in cold blood last night. Deputy was filling his patrol car at a Chevron station and in uniform when the shooter just walked up and killed him, standing over the guy and continuing to shoot.

In a just world, there will be no place to run, no place to hide for this piece of excrement and he will face swift and certain justice.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2015 08:57 AM (JO9+V)

139 On facebook she is a screaming lib harpy that posts about 25 things a day complaining about crap she reads in Huff.
Wife had to unfriend her. My wife just wanted to use FB to catch up with old friends and see pics and high life moments of them.
Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2015 08:43 AM (8ikIW)

One reason I look at mine about once a month

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 29, 2015 08:58 AM (vM+YG)

140 JJ Sefton.

You need to take one of the back slashes out of your link, other than that, I like the cut of your jib.

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 29, 2015 08:58 AM (6n332)

141 133: Word. I really don't care what an old neighbor or girlfriend are having for lunch. I certainly don't care about anybody elses political views either. Waste of time and bandwidth.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at August 29, 2015 08:59 AM (ucDmr)

142 Is backwardsboy around this morning?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 29, 2015 08:59 AM (vM+YG)

143
138 I read they caught him already
Good thing too so he can get to be Grand Marshal of the Black Lives Matter parade on time

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:00 AM (LAliD)

144 Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 08:51 AM (LAliD)

O,k, As I said, Max, I find the arguments and finger pointing about whether Protestants or Christians have it "right" as far as Peter and the rock very unhelpful and divisive, and as I say ad nauseum leftists don't care what shingle you have outside your church. if you're a conservative and a Christian you are the enemy. We had better (as Benjamin Franklin said in the context of the American Revolution) "hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately." Maybe if we behaved like we're all one in Christ, the world would see that and more people would believe in Christ.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:00 AM (OSs/l)

145 "I look at the wifes friends stuff every now and then. It amazes me what details people will share online"
When our community decided to use that stupid "NextDoor" social media, I had put forth some concerns about security, and posting information that could lead to increased crime.

I was assured that things like that would never happen.

So last month I read a post that is paraphrased:

"Our entire family, including the family dog will be in Ocean City for a week of much earned vacation between (date) and (date).

Any suggestions for fun stuff to do?"

And of course her profile has the home address listed.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 09:01 AM (VPLuQ)

146
144 I was just pointing out the factual basis for the Rock controversy.
Politically, you're right we need to stand together.
But I've been studying Mormanism pretty hard-core lately, and when you get pretty deep into it they believe some very strange stuff.
Jehovah taking orders etc...
I'm not saying who is right and wrong (wish I knew), but we shoreain't the same

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:05 AM (LAliD)

147 And of course her profile has the home address listed.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 09:01 AM

I can not figure out why anyone would do that. Just tell your friends where you were when you get back.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at August 29, 2015 09:06 AM (FIrEF)

148 145 Well, that probably means YOUR house is safer anyways...

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:07 AM (LAliD)

149 Grey Fox-

I have a question for you. If seems to me I recall you being in the process of looking for a job some time ago. If I am confusing you with an other poster, I apologize. Don't you have some kind of degree related to history or church history? Have you found something? I hope so. If not, have you ever considered teaching in a classical Christian school/ I mean one where they teach Latin and/or Greek and other standard subjects. I know they pay less but than public schools but they offer more freedom and don't have to follow the stupidity of excess testing. You're obviously a very smart person and would be an asset in that environment, I think.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:09 AM (OSs/l)

150 146 Hey Fen check this out: http://tinyurl.com/p7trk7uIt's an explanation by a Mormon of the Temple cermonies and as you study it I think you'll find it very curious to say the least

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:09 AM (LAliD)

151 "I can not figure out why anyone would do that. Just tell your friends where you were when you get back. "

Our community has always been a blend of retirees and starter families. This means that there is constant ownership churn at the lower age bracket of home ownership.
And as the newer generation assumes the mantle of child rearing and home ownership I find that they are emotionally, mentally and financially prepared for neither.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 29, 2015 09:09 AM (VPLuQ)

152 I'm not saying who is right and wrong (wish I knew), but we shoreain't the same

And why don't we concentrate on those things we do agree on.?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:10 AM (OSs/l)

153 Speaking of liberal FB, read this. An outspoken black conservative woman used to blog and post under her nom de guerre, Afrocity. After FB started forcing people to use real names (they started locking out users with obviously fake names) she switched to her real name.
Shortly after, "coincidentally", she lost her longtime job at a museum. The next job she applied for, they asked about her conservative leanings. She didn't get the job.

https://crayfisher.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/the-power-of-shunning/#comment-264407

She's struggling to find a new job while raising her niece.
If anyone is inclined to help there is a gofundme
http://www.gofundme.com/czrt55dg

Posted by: @votermom at August 29, 2015 09:11 AM (cbfNE)

154 152 There is certainly merit in that but taken to its logical extreme we all end up Unitarians. Believeing in everything and nothing all at once.

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:12 AM (LAliD)

155 153 that's why no fb for me

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:13 AM (LAliD)

156 I read they caught him already
Good thing too so he can get to be Grand Marshal of the Black Lives Matter parade on time

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:00 AM (LAliD)


Thanks, MAx. Just found the update. Here's what the local news has to say:

An intense manhunt covered Harris County for hours overnight. At about
2:30am, authorities converged on a home on Crystal Lake in Copperfield,
led there by a tip. The focus of the investigation is on the red pickup
truck in the home's driveway. The person of interest was taken into
custody at what's said to be his mother's house. His identity has not
been released.


The man's mother -- who didn't want to show her
face or give her name -- tells Eyewitness News her son is innocent. She
said, "My son is innocent. I was in the house with him, so when that
happened, my son was home."



Another dindoo nuffin. Turning his life around, heading off to college this week . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2015 09:13 AM (JO9+V)

157 Max,

I have read a fair amount on Mormonism. I have also been involved in discussions where leftists go on and on about "magic underwear". As far as Irrational beliefs I'll go with Dennis Prager, who is a Jew and says all people of faith have irrational beliefs. Prager writes far better than I probably ever could:

http://tinyurl.com/oc84jjg

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:15 AM (OSs/l)

158 The Great Comment Reformation has been like a breath of fresh air. It's funny how quickly you can learn to tolerate things you really don't like.

Posted by: Blacksheep at August 29, 2015 09:15 AM (bS6uW)

159 I can not figure out why anyone would do that. Just tell your friends where you were when you get back.



Posted by: Cicero Skip

Even after my wife said it was soooo stupid of people to do this, we were recently on a trip and sure enough, she posts a pic of us showing where we were.

I think this is a women (don't get pissed) thing. The same reason they have "quaint" shopping areas in the old downtown areas. Some wymns love to shop, and when you get them in a herd they will buy any kind of crap that nobody needs just to show they can buy it. My wife is beyond that now, and mostly just browses, but this is what I observed as I sit on the dads bench outside a kitsch shop waiting to get to the bar at the end of the block that I was promised TWO FREAKING HOURS AGO....HURRY UP FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!!!

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2015 09:16 AM (8ikIW)

160 fenelon

I was just reading commentary on the Hugos and the boring mess that is science fiction these days. It's surprising I'm doing so, since I haven't read any in a decade at least, despite once being a rabid fan. I'm doing it largely because writers are finally identifying what the problem is.

I think religion has fallen into a similar problem, though. There was a time I considered reading religious topics sometimes out of interest, but I think it's often more about message than mystery now. Everything seems to pound on about social issues from abortions to gays and to drone on endlessly about what it all means, how to be inclusive, how to adapt to modernity rather than anything resembling eternal anything let alone verities.

so much of the modern world is exceedingly boring in result. Everything is message, message above all. Like living in a world populated by marketing agencies. I've no real answers for that.

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at August 29, 2015 09:16 AM (Cq0oW)

161 >>>The head of my denomination (Locally) is a much more liberal than I am. He often says or writes things I disagree with but he is a man of prayer and loves Jesus and others, so I just try to accept the good along with the things I find problematic and continue in my Christian walk.

Whatever your denomination, there are always options. If you are ELCA, there's LCMS, and WELS. If you are PCUSA, there's PCA, OPC, EPC. If you are ECUSA, there's ACNA. Point is, you are never forced to pay into the liberal system. And make no mistake, if for example, you're an Episcopalian, your tithes WILL go to support NARAL, PP, and pay the salaries of activist priests and bishops who support it. Talk is cheap. Can any action or heresy be justified just because the guy claims "I love Jesus, and I pray a lot". That's a trick homosexual "Christians" use a lot. And no, I'm not Christian, but a lot of the current misery stems from liberals conning and undermining the churches.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at August 29, 2015 09:19 AM (P6Jv8)

162 153 that's why no fb for me

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:13 AM (LAliD)



I've never used it and never will. Intercourse Suckerberg and the rest of the lefty tech douches.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 29, 2015 09:20 AM (DiZBp)

163 Could never understand why these people in the drug business just didnt
take what they earned and retired. They said Escobar was making 60
million a day at his height. Now I'm sure he made a lot less for a lot
longer and expenses were high since the business model relied on bribes,
but still, you would think that with a few million you could be happy
anywhere doing nothing.>>>

This is a great question I don't have the answer to. But replace Escobar with Pelosi, Reid, Soros or Clinton. It's like the feed on others misery.

Posted by: Willy J at August 29, 2015 09:20 AM (nAv2M)

164 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:15 AM (OSs/l)

He is a very interesting man. He was talking about the difference between "sin" and "evil" a few days ago. Very interesting discussion.

By the way, I have met and spoken with his brother on a few occasions. He is a fine physician (and a kind man) and the head of the medical ethics committee at Columbia.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 29, 2015 09:21 AM (Zu3d9)

165
161 Yeah I grew up on that feelgood religion in the Episcopal church and when I was lucky enough to find a Baptist friend I realized that nothing in my upbringing was relevant to real salvation.
But the hymns were so beautiful

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:23 AM (LAliD)

166 I think religion has fallen into a similar problem, though. There was a time I considered reading religious topics sometimes out of interest, but I think it's often more about message than mystery now. Everything seems to pound on about social issues from abortions to gays and to drone on endlessly about what it all means, how to be inclusive, how to adapt to modernity rather than anything resembling eternal anything let alone verities.

I never hear any of that. Mostly I get sermons about feeding the poor and 'clothing the naked'. They NEVER talk about abortion or gay marriage. They focus 100% on allocating things from one group to another, to panhandling and saying salvation is solely from giving tribute to the poor.

It's so utterly out of touch. The poor have EBT cards, and when the f*ck was the last century when somebody was naked who didn't want to be?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 29, 2015 09:23 AM (Oodza)

167 Army-Navy game is on 12 December.

The only game that matters.

Go Navy, Spatchcock Army!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at August 29, 2015 09:24 AM (jR7Wy)

168 If I had a million dollars? I'll tell you what I'd do, man: two chicks at the same time, man. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I were a millionaire I
could hook that up, too; 'cause chicks dig dudes with money.

Posted by: Lawrence at August 29, 2015 09:24 AM (JO9+V)

169 165 Salvation should not have the qualifier "real"

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:24 AM (LAliD)

170 166 The Catholic church I was attending was bringing up the beauty and superiority of illegal aliens at EVERY SERMON

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:25 AM (LAliD)

171 Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at August 29, 2015 09:16 AM (Cq0oW)

Very interesting commentary. Bigby, and I agree with it. That's why I read the religious writers I do who who emphasize the awesome transcendence of God and the sacred mystery of faith. It's there in the Bible of course which is a nice balance of sacred mystery and practical concern. My bottom line is that we in the church should not be simply a social service agency. Faith without works is dead by works without faith is not Christianity. Some Roman Catholics I know spend time in adoration before the Eucharist. They find that very meaningful and sacred. I try to spend time in silence and adoration of God/Christ. In the Protestant tradition we have a great hymn, "Turn your eyes upon Jesus' which gets at the same idea.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:26 AM (OSs/l)

172 "The Harris County Sheriff's Office released pics and descriptions of the
shooter and his truck who shot down a Sheriff's Deputy in cold blood
last night."

They repeatedly described the murderer as "dark complexioned" even though there were publicly available video stills which made it clear that the killer was black, and witnesses who spoke to the local media who also made it clear that the killer was black. Why not simply use the obvious descriptive word?

The powers that be appear to be getting extremely nervous about this whole racially motivated murder business, and aren't in any hurry to say *anything* that brings the attention of the general public to the topic.

Posted by: torquewrench at August 29, 2015 09:26 AM (noWW6)

173 so much of the modern world is exceedingly boring in result. Everything is message, message above all. Like living in a world populated by marketing agencies. I've no real answers for that.
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich
---
Yeppers. It's as drab and as gray as one of Stalin's uniforms. I don't get the appeal.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at August 29, 2015 09:27 AM (P6Jv8)

174 172 Yip

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:27 AM (LAliD)

175 Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:25 AM (LAliD)

Consider finding a Latin Mass if there's on nearbye.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:27 AM (OSs/l)

176 162 153 that's why no fb for me

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:13 AM (LAliD)

I've never used it and never will. Intercourse Suckerberg and the rest of the lefty tech douches.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 29, 2015 09:20 AM (DiZBp)
--

FB is a scary trap. So is Google now.

That's why I try to keep all my political posts under a pseudonym because the fascists scare me.

Posted by: @votermom at August 29, 2015 09:27 AM (cbfNE)

177 170 166 The Catholic church I was attending was bringing up the beauty and superiority of illegal aliens at EVERY SERMON
Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:25 AM (LAliD)


I never got any of that, though recently I've gotten a few anti-global warming screeds and how we're supposed to be stewards of God's earth.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 29, 2015 09:28 AM (Oodza)

178 172 Yeah some have pointed out that if a suspect's race is not mentioned you probably can guess what they look like

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:28 AM (LAliD)

179 coming out of my cage and i've been doing just fine
gotta gotta be down because i want it all.......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 29, 2015 09:29 AM (0O7c5)

180 177 I'm in socali

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:29 AM (LAliD)

181
alright ms. brightside
Thot i didn't know???

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:30 AM (LAliD)

182 FB is a scary trap. So is Google now.



That's why I try to keep all my political posts under a pseudonym because the fascists scare me.



Posted by: @votermom at August 29, 2015 09:27 AM (cbfNE)


No twitter either. I have no desire to let anyone but family and friends know anything about me. And if I want them to know I can call or email them. I don't understand posting photos and details of your life the whole world can see.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 29, 2015 09:30 AM (DiZBp)

183 I go to Mass everywhere I go. I love knowing that people are doing the same things I am on that day no matter where I am in the world. Very humbling.

Posted by: Blacksheep at August 29, 2015 09:30 AM (bS6uW)

184 I also think churches need more time for silence in services and to plan for that. There is much that is "entertainment" in services and not upon waiting on God. The culture is so saturated with noise and talk that people are sacred of and don't know how to "do" silence.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:30 AM (OSs/l)

185 Posted by: Blacksheep at August 29, 2015 09:30 AM (bS6uW)

That's a lovely sentiment.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:31 AM (OSs/l)

186 Local loudmouth activist Quanell X, leader NBPP: [crickets]

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2015 09:32 AM (JO9+V)

187
I respectfully disagree with the poster at #42; both for his content and for his tone.

Posted by: Schaden at August 29, 2015 09:33 AM (QolCq)

188 Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:25 AM (LAliD)



Consider finding a Latin Mass if there's on nearbye.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:27 AM (OSs/l)


It's the only way to go. The one encouraging thing about my church is the people who attend are having big families. Five or more kids. More conservatives in the world or at least kids who are being brought up in a very traditional way and hopefully will continue to live their lives that way

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 29, 2015 09:34 AM (DiZBp)

189 183
I go to Mass everywhere I go. I love knowing that people are doing the
same things I am on that day no matter where I am in the world. Very
humbling.

Posted by: Blacksheep at August 29, 2015 09:30 AM (bS6uW)

when ever you go into a new church for the first time...you make three wishes......i don't know where the tradition comes from but it's one my gram passed down to me.... going to Mass is the one place i find true love and true comfort.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 29, 2015 09:35 AM (0O7c5)

190 I also think churches need more time for silence in
services and to plan for that. There is much that is "entertainment" in
services and not upon waiting on God. The culture is so saturated with
noise and talk that people are sacred of and don't know how to "do"
silence.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:30 AM (OSs/l)


We don't do silence in my church. Wish we did sometimes. Mostly we whoop and holler a lot. One time I walked out because the drums were too loud. But I'm old. This church's mission is not to old women. It is to young men. That was one of its central purposes when it was started. I think it is a good one. We need less churches filled with old ladies and more churches filled with young men. Just my opinion.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at August 29, 2015 09:35 AM (dFi94)

191 181

alright ms. brightside
Thot i didn't know???

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:30 AM (LAliD)

i love the killers......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 29, 2015 09:36 AM (0O7c5)

192 The entertainment value being more true of big Protestant/Evangelical churches that Catholic ones, RC ones don't have praise bands, as far as I know, but unless you get to Mass early or stay late there isn't much room for silence/contemplation in them either. St John Vianney apparently look a long time to say Mass because of his personal adoration and prayer. Ii don't think people would put up with that now because of short attention spans, yet Vianney was a very holy man and apparently a wonderful priest.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:37 AM (OSs/l)

193 We need less churches filled with old ladies and more churches filled with young men. Just my opinion.


I think the church is for everyone :^), but it thats their mission and it works -good for them

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:39 AM (OSs/l)

194 Oh noes. Twitter appears to be down.

Cue the freakout.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at August 29, 2015 09:39 AM (PMlgt)

195 For me, Praise and Worship time is not entertainment. It is Praise and Worship. The pouring of our hearts to God, out loud. Sometimes TOO loud.


Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at August 29, 2015 09:40 AM (dFi94)

196 Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 29, 2015 09:34 AM (DiZBp)

That's wonderful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:40 AM (OSs/l)

197 Back from a bunch of chores, and I can tell you missed me.

Speaking of the bright side, first day pain-free in a week or more.

Neuritis, neuralgia, bursitis, nostalgia... what wuzzit?

Looked up bursitis last night, and the symptoms fit. But nothing about how they manifested in me. Pain in right shoulder for a day. Then in left shoulder for a day. Then, left elbow. Left wrist. Left hand. Right wrist. All for one day each. The climax was, back to the right shoulder in sharp agony - can barely raise my arm or hardly think for the pain - for a day and a half. Then, all better. What the f is up with that?

The illustration of an inflamed bursa in the shoulder sure looked just like how mine felt, though.

Causes and cures for bursitis were especially good.
• Warm up before exercise - sure, sure.
• Don't do things that inflame the bursas. Right.
• Be under forty - oops.
• Ice packs might help. Surgery rarely.
Wow, thank you Dr Interwebz.

The Heavenly Designers had a dark sense of humor.

Milady finally gave me a big dose of magnesium-something yesterday, and I'm all well today, so she can take credit. This is the secret of doctors and teachers, too (eg get kids when learning is all they do, hang around them, take credit for their learning).

(Credit where due: the Dentist who took out my kids' wisdom teeth, checking later, says, "All healed up. Isn't that great? We have no idea why that works!")

Was that random enough? Just gushing because I'm not in pain. Feel like I got ten years back. Gotta enjoy it before the Next Thing happens...

Posted by: mindful webworker - baque n firth at August 29, 2015 09:42 AM (lADRM)

198 Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at August 29, 2015 09:40 AM (dFi94)

That's what it should be (and I agree with the loudness) I just say that because it seems like people don't want to be part of something unless it has a praise band, fancy electronics etc and I find that a shame. I can do the whopping and hollering too :^). My personal style is with traditional. Maybe that's why it's good for churches to have traditional and a contemporary services if they have the people to allow for that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:44 AM (OSs/l)

199 192
The entertainment value being more true of big Protestant/Evangelical
churches that Catholic ones, RC ones don't have praise bands, as far as
I know, but unless you get to Mass early or stay late there isn't much
room for silence/contemplation in them either. St John Vianney
apparently look a long time to say Mass because of his personal
adoration and prayer. Ii don't think people would put up with that now
because of short attention spans, yet Vianney was a very holy man and
apparently a wonderful priest.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:37 AM (OSs/l)

our parish is lucky....we have an adoration chapel that is kept 24/7.....the Blessed Sacrament is exposed and the faithful can go in at any hour pray....it is a truly beautiful and overwhelming experience......complete silence....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 29, 2015 09:44 AM (0O7c5)

200 Cue the freakout.

Not enough time for some of the biggest Twits to insult people in 140 characters (or whatever it is )or less. Oh noes!!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:46 AM (OSs/l)

201 194 Oh noes. Twitter appears to be down.

Cue the freakout.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at August

It will be up by the time ace rolls out of the sack

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 29, 2015 09:46 AM (vM+YG)

202 Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 29, 2015 09:44 AM (0O7c5)

Sounds like a great blessing!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:46 AM (OSs/l)

203 I also think churches need more time for silence in
services and to plan for that. There is much that is "entertainment" in
services and not upon waiting on God. The culture is so saturated with
noise and talk that people are sacred of and don't know how to "do"
silence.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:30 AM (OSs/l)


I went to a very liberal Catholic HS. Mass there was always a joke. The priests tried to "relate" to us and make it "relevant". The thing was those priests were stuck in the 60s and so their version of relevant was Jesus Christ Superstar. Most of the students were laughing behind their backs at their pathetic attempts to be hip for us.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 29, 2015 09:46 AM (DiZBp)

204 Oh, thank goodness! It's back up.

Now we'll get to watch people tweet about the 5 minute outage for the next half hour.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at August 29, 2015 09:48 AM (PMlgt)

205
Novus Ordo churches in socali have bands
Latin rites have choirs
You decide

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:49 AM (LAliD)

206 Maybe that's why it's good for churches to have
traditional and a contemporary services if they have the people to allow
for that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 09:44 AM (OSs/l)

Yeah, I agree with that. My son is LCMS, and they do three services per Sunday. Two services are traditional. The middle one is contemporary, with a praise band that leads the singing. That's usually where the younger people go, or those with young families. I know so many churches that are closing their doors or having to combine with other churches because the old folks are dying off and there is no one in the younger generation coming up behind them to stand in the gap.

Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at August 29, 2015 09:49 AM (dFi94)

207 Mormonism does contain irrational beliefs, though. Not just arbitrary but irrational. For instance, all humans can become gods, and God was once human according to Mormonism. That means that one of us could have been Jesus' savior rather than the other way round. Surely that is unacceptable to any serious Christian. Beck's a great guy, you can make common cause with him on any political or social issue, but you can still say his religion is false. Nothing wrong with that.

Posted by: Harry Reid at August 29, 2015 09:49 AM (P6Jv8)

208 199 The key to Novus Ordo achitecture was to get that nasty Tabernacle hidden over in the corner somewhere

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:50 AM (LAliD)

209 My wife is beyond that now, and mostly just browses, but this is what I observed as I sit on the dads bench outside a kitsch shop waiting to get to the bar at the end of the block that I was promised TWO FREAKING HOURS AGO....HURRY UP FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!!!
Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2015 09:16

Wow, I would have just gone to the bar after telling her where I was going, after 15 minutes!

Posted by: Cicero Skip at August 29, 2015 09:50 AM (FIrEF)

210 Fought on FB with a friend of a friend who compared Trump to Hitler. Of course she insisted she was right and called me rude and and worse but guess what? The post cam down. Score one for the Commander

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2015 09:51 AM (DUoqb)

211
Wow, I would have just gone to the bar after telling her where I was going, after 15 minutes!

Posted by: Cicero Skip

I try to plan it so the bar/brewery is about half way thru the downtown. That way I can't get into too much trouble.

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2015 09:53 AM (8ikIW)

212 The one about drunken women.
Posted by: Grey Fox

You'll have to be more specific.

Posted by: andycanuck at August 29, 2015 09:55 AM (pgzyN)

213 177 170 166 The Catholic church I was attending was bringing up the beauty and superiority of illegal aliens at EVERY SERMON
Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:25 AM (LAliD)

I never got any of that, though recently I've gotten a few anti-global warming screeds and how we're supposed to be stewards of God's earth.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 29, 2015 09:28 AM (Oodza)

Yep, Watermelon Frankie has passed the word on down. One parish close to mine made a point of volunteering a water cooler and paper cups so no one would use that awful bottled water at block parties. Because 50% of bottled water comes from depressed countries where people are dying. Doesn't mention what they are dying from, like, you know, dehydration or contaminated water. So my husband and I checked out all the bottled water available at few nearby stores. The big cases (such as you would get for a block party) were all bottled in those poor, dying nations of Canada and Michigan.

But the environment is high on the list of approved themes. I'm sure we'll get around to illegal immigrants soon enough.

Posted by: Gem at August 29, 2015 09:56 AM (c+gwp)

214 "but you can still say his religion is false. Nothing wrong with that."

Yes. As an a anonymous blog comment. Send me the video of you walking into a Temple and saying it though. I do not think that is likely.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Proud owner of Luap Nor's Last Brain Cell at August 29, 2015 09:57 AM (Vyg9x)

215 Mormonism does contain irrational beliefs, though...
Posted by: Harry Reid


Harry Reid openly mocking Mormonism! This forum is amusing.

Posted by: mindful webworker - points, laughs at August 29, 2015 09:58 AM (lADRM)

216 208
199 The key to Novus Ordo achitecture was to get that nasty Tabernacle hidden over in the corner somewhere

Posted by: MAx at August 29, 2015 09:50 AM (LAliD)
yep....and our Tabernacle is on the side....but it's built in such a way that the back opens up to the Adoration Chapel and the Monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament is exposed in the chapel....and when the Tabernacle is open, you catch a glimpse of it in the church when Fr. opens it during the Liturgy of the Eucharist and after communion.

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 29, 2015 09:58 AM (0O7c5)

217 An English class offered at UNC Chapel Hill this fall called Literature of 9/11 explores the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks from the perspective of radical Islamists and those who view America as an imperialist nation.

taught by Neel Ahuja, an associate professor of English, comparative literature, and geography at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

he was a student organizer and labor solidarity activist, according to his online faculty bio.

Jim Gregory, UNCs director of media relations, said in a telephone interview that the university does not have an official stance on the class.

Weasel Zippers



Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2015 09:58 AM (DUoqb)

218 the wife of another Navy Dentist, but one of her friends tried comparing Trump to Hitler
Cruzinator is the wife of a Navy dentist???

Posted by: andycanuck at August 29, 2015 09:58 AM (pgzyN)

219 They tell me the food thread is an open thread. Free buffet?

Posted by: mindful webworker - with large tray at August 29, 2015 09:59 AM (lADRM)

220 the wife of another Navy Dentist, but one of her friends tried comparing Trump to Hitler
Cruzinator is the wife of a Navy dentist???
Posted by: andycanuck at August 29, 2015 09:58 AM (pgzyN)


OK that's pretty funny.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2015 09:59 AM (DUoqb)

221 When I went to church, it was still in the days of a church choir and maybe a brass or woodwind group that played some kind of classical or baroque type music. Calming music done by people that were pretty good at playing or singing.
Then they went into the newer stuff done by the same tyoe of people that try out for American Idol and think they have talent. God love ya, but it's just irritating to me.

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2015 10:02 AM (8ikIW)

222 Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz
stated of GOP leaderships handling of the Iran deal, it appears that theyre prepared to roll over, to have a show vote, to lose the show vote, and then move on to their real priorities, which is growing government, passing corporate welfare, and passing cronyist programs like the Export Import Bank on Fridays Mark Levin Show.

Cruz, after denouncing the deal, said, Sadly, Congress has given away its constitutional authority to ratify it as a treaty, or reject it as a treaty. And so its going to take 2/3ds of the Senate and 2/3ds of the House to defeat it. Which means Obama needs to hold on to 34 Democratic Senators to push through this terrible deal.

Breitbart

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2015 10:03 AM (DUoqb)

223 I used to listen to Dennis Prager and then I forget the call letters of the station he was on and the time, but he is my favorite politica/sociall commentator of the radio. That sounds like an interesting discussion, CBD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 10:03 AM (OSs/l)

224 Clergy like to think they are being hip and will attract more parishioners however the opposite will happen. I remember being a kid and the sermon was on how awful that Nat King Cole song Lazy Crazy Hazy Days of Summer was since life was more than about beer, bbqs, and fun. it was about suffering!!!! Get over it, father. Obvious life is full of suffering but why bash a cheerful song? Sheesh. The old priest always limited his sermons to trying to be better people and how special children were. I remember him fondly while the others could go to hell.

Then there were all the pledges to not see certain movies. No thanks. I was able to read reviews and make that determination myself.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 29, 2015 10:04 AM (iQIUe)

225 I try to plan it so the bar/brewery is about half way thru the downtown. That way I can't get into too much trouble.
Posted by: Bruce

But if she knows you are in the bar she will hurry up so you don't get into trouble. Two hours of waiting, she knows you are sober.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at August 29, 2015 10:04 AM (FIrEF)

226 Jim Gregory, UNCs director of media relations, said
in a telephone interview that the university does not have an official
stance on the class.



Weasel Zippers





Posted by: Nevergiveup

Did you expect this spineless weasel to have an opinion about this kind of sedition?
There was an American History teacher at my son's high school that used Howard Zinn's book in his class. By the end of the year, most of the students thought he was "full of shit" (and the history teacher was an Annapolis Naval Academy grad). The head of the history dept at the high school is my neighbor (about 3 doors down). He can control this, and always gives wishy-washy answers about why he used Zinn's book.

Needless to say, a lot of parents were pretty angry about it. The school administration hates the parents, too.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at August 29, 2015 10:04 AM (+1T7c)

227 >>>Fought on FB with a friend of a friend who compared Trump to Hitler. 

Should've brought up Obama/Jeremiah Wright. Their grievance mongering is exactly the same as the Nazi's.

Posted by: Harry Reid at August 29, 2015 10:05 AM (P6Jv8)

228 Cruzinator is the wife of a Navy dentist???


Posted by: andycanuck

No, that was Nip Sip that has done that on a couple of occasions.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....lost in America at August 29, 2015 10:06 AM (+1T7c)

229 Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2015 09:59 AM (DUoqb)
==============

Did you tell her that as a Jew you find her comments extremely offensive? That she was trying to minimize the holocaust and in doing so, she sounded like the real nazi?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 29, 2015 10:07 AM (iQIUe)

230 I'd also throw in the fact that Trump's daughter, sil, and grandchildren are Jews.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 29, 2015 10:08 AM (iQIUe)

231 Twitter's down? I hope Ace has a Twitter patch or things might get nasty around here.

Posted by: andycanuck at August 29, 2015 10:10 AM (pgzyN)

232 Clergy like to think they are being hip and will attract more parishioners however the opposite will happen.


======

God on Judgement Day: YOU HAD ONE JOB!!!

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at August 29, 2015 10:10 AM (Cq0oW)

233 But if she knows you are in the bar she will hurry
up so you don't get into trouble. Two hours of waiting, she knows you
are sober.



Posted by: Cicero Skip

Not gonna happen. She rather give me the frosty stare for the rest of the afternoon.

Posted by: Bruce at August 29, 2015 10:10 AM (8ikIW)

234 Harry Reid is irrational and I don't know but I expect he's a MINO-Mormon in name only. His real religion is leftism and he's a mean man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 10:11 AM (OSs/l)

235 Not gonna happen. She rather give me the frosty stare for the rest of the afternoon.
Posted by: Bruce

Oh well I guess you have to suffer one way or the other.

Posted by: Cicero Skip at August 29, 2015 10:12 AM (FIrEF)

236 I've seen the Trump to Hitler comparison being made around the leftist net for a time now. they seem to equate his bluster with furherprinzip which is hysterical since that's Obama in a nutshell

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at August 29, 2015 10:13 AM (Cq0oW)

237 Baseball season in full swing, why wait for football?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 29, 2015 10:16 AM (39g3+)

238 Glad you're feeling a little better today, Mindful WW.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2015 10:18 AM (OSs/l)

239 Girl sent home when superhero lunchbox deemed "too violent":

http://tinyurl.com/ooljmcn

#WarOnWonderWoman

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at August 29, 2015 10:22 AM (jR7Wy)

240 Civic government of Rome naming a town-square for Martin Luther; Vatican okay with it. (See the sock link. Just saw this a few minutes ago. Ha. Ha.)

Posted by: andycanuck at August 29, 2015 10:24 AM (pgzyN)

241 My mom is Catholic and I attend a Reformed Protestant (Calvinist) church; we'll snark at each other over doctrine, but we'll attend each other's church during visits. I did have a mini stroke when one of the speakers at her church announced a lecture series on "social justice," and I had to explain to her what that meant. Of course, every confirmation service they have is 95 percent Hispanic, so they have to spout the pro-illegal immigration line if they want to have a congregation in 30 years.

Posted by: PabloD at August 29, 2015 10:25 AM (3RNW8)

242 Fought on FB with a friend of a friend who compared Trump to Hitler. Of course she insisted she was right and called me rude and and worse but guess what? The post cam down. Score one for the Commander

****

"Friend"?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at August 29, 2015 10:25 AM (PMlgt)

243 Wonder Woman lunch box? srsly? When these kids grow up and learn the truth about life, they are gonna be pissed. Or they will just stay sissified the rest of their lives. Teachers unions need to go.

Posted by: Infidel at August 29, 2015 10:25 AM (PfVjp)

244 243 Wonder Woman lunch box? srsly? When these kids grow up and learn the truth about life, they are gonna be pissed. Or they will just stay sissified the rest of their lives. Teachers unions need to go.
Posted by: Infidel at August 29, 2015 10:25 AM (PfVjp)
----
The Left will devour itself. How do they decide between female empowerment and anti-violence? It must be a constant struggle to determine which faction has the biggest bug up its ass at a particular juncture.

When did little childhood pleasures become so FROUGHT? When I was a wee lassie I had Peanuts lunchboxes and a Rat Patrol lunchbox. Nobody gave a damn what I brought and what container I brought it in. Maybe I was gender-fluid and therefore safe?

Also, metal lunchboxes incite children to violence.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at August 29, 2015 10:32 AM (jR7Wy)

245 #WarOnWonderWoman
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at August 29, 2015 10:22 AM (jR7Wy)

Ha. Ridiculous. Wonder Woman is the best

Posted by: Lea at August 29, 2015 10:35 AM (vmMMi)

246 Jim Gregory, UNCs director of media relations, said
in a telephone interview that the university does not have an official
stance on the class.



Weasel Zippers









Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 29, 2015 09:58 AM (DUoqb)


What a load. UNC is offering the class, right? Published in the university course catalog, right? Class held on campus, right? In a university classroom, right? Taking tuition and fees from the students for the class, right?
Hmmm, I'd say that walking, quacking thing is a university-endorsed and approved duck.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2015 10:40 AM (JO9+V)

247 Interesting article linked on Drudge. Gypsies close down major highway using stacks of burning tires defended by chainsaws. French police admit they are powerless. Gypsies want one of theirs released from jail to attend his fathers funeral. Who runs Bartertown?

Napoleon solved a similar problem with a whiff of grape.

Posted by: The Great _______ Snark at August 29, 2015 10:41 AM (5IFEG)

248 Wonder Woman!
All the world is waiting for you
And the powers you possess
In your satin tights
Fighting for your rights
And the old red, white, and bluuuuueee

(Note the Oxford comma)

Posted by: @votermom at August 29, 2015 10:43 AM (cbfNE)

249 Fighting for your rights
And the old red, white, and bluuuuueee




And this is probably why the lunch box was deemed violent. They are so fkn predictable.

Posted by: Infidel at August 29, 2015 10:49 AM (PfVjp)

250 What?! No teaser cheerleader flick! That's no way to market a thread!

Posted by: goon at August 29, 2015 11:02 AM (gy5kE)

251 There's a DII or DIII game on the Curt Schilling Must Die network today if anyone is desperate. Jus sayin (while testing the banning limits on trite misspelled cliches)

Posted by: THE Big Old Fat Guy at August 29, 2015 11:30 AM (uFW3M)

252
Gypsies want one of theirs released from jail to attend his fathers funeral. French police admit they are powerless. Who runs Bartertown?
Posted by: The Great _______ Snark




La zingarella!

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 29, 2015 11:45 AM (kdS6q)

253 On the bright side, the #BlackLivesMatter crowd and the KKK do have something in common. They want a race war! :hearts:

Posted by: WannabeAnglican at August 29, 2015 12:41 PM (qSb6y)

254 Debbie Washerwoman Schlitz is lying again. Asked what she said to O'Malley after he ripped her a new one she tweeted, "I just said thank you. I have more class than that."

Posted by: The Great _______ Snark at August 29, 2015 01:15 PM (IfHgw)

255 The classics ever get old. Obama: Bush's fault.

http://tinyurl.com/oer2jvs

Posted by: The Great _______ Snark at August 29, 2015 01:20 PM (McDZF)

256 252 The American NGOs. When I was working in EE and Russia I ran into a young , eager, American lawyer working for a non profit. His mission was to get fair and legal trials for the "gypsies". Rightly or wrongly, bias against gypsies is deep.

Posted by: gracepc at August 29, 2015 01:24 PM (DMQhB)

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An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
News/Chat