Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

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Good morning Horde. Scrumptious photo up top. The only thing it is missing is French Toast, butter and 100% pure WI Maple Syrup. Amirite?

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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List

Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
5/28 – FortWorthMike requests prayers for his grandniece, Chloe, and her family, to find a kidney to transplant. Chloe is a toddler who has been on this prayer list before, and it has helped her. She was born with bad kidneys and had them removed soon after birth. She’s had multiple health issues, and is now getting daily dialysis at home. Her mother’s kidneys aren’t a match, and her father’s are a match, but are too large for her little body. Thanks for your prayers!
7/23 Update – Little Chloe is having a lot of bladder infections, as the medical team works to stretch her bladder (in preparation for receiving a kidney). There have been so many infections that her bladder may need to be removed. Please keep praying: for a kidney match, for her health, and for her worried family.
6/6 – Fox2! requests prayers for his niece-in-law, Courtney, who is expecting a son in August, but has had preterm labor for the last 3 weeks.
7/9 Update – The doctors will induce delivery on 7/13, if baby Waylon hasn’t decided to come on his own by then. Courtney is presenting warning signs of preeclampsia, so this is best for mother and baby. Please continue to include her in your prayers, and thank you.
7/15 Update – Baby Waylon arrived safely on 7/13. Mother and son are doing well, as is father and older sister.
7/8 – TecumsehTea asks for prayers for her dearest friend, who came down with Covid and is very ill. She is almost 70 and severely immunocompromised. She did not vax and has made it thus far, but she traveled recently. She is taking ivermectin. The Lord holds her in His hand, and He’s in charge, but it doesn’t hurt to ask Him for healing.
7/19 Update – The friend is slowly improving with ivermectin. Her lungs remain clear, but she is still weak, in pain, and has headaches and fatigue and nausea. Even the meds for nausea made her gag and vomit! Thank you for your prayers.
7/9 – Prayers are needed for Lilibeth, who has had 2 recent surgeries for bladder cancer, but has not been able to start immunotherapy treatments due to a shortage of necessary drugs.
7/9 – Bear with asymmetrical balls asks for prayers. His bloodwork is showing reduced kidney function, and he’s feeling less than well. He is slowly working the problem with the doctor.
7/12 – My Pimp Shot My Dealer asked for prayers for T and her family. T is a 19 year old who hung herself, but it was not a clean kill, and she is in the ICU with the gravest of anoxic brain injuries. They are trying a salvage resuscitation to see if she will be eligible for organ donation. She was a very sweet young lady, another victim of pedo rape at a very young age, and lived the rest of her short life broken.
7/15 – Chi-Town Jerry requests prayers for his wife, who is in the hospital again with AFIB. Although she got back to regular rhythm in the ER, her kidney numbers concerned them and they are keeping her overnight on IV. Prayers are appreciated.
7/16 – ellipse (… asked for prayers for a work friend (of 18 years) and fantastic young lady named Lauren, who has been sick and away from work for 3 months.
7/19 Update - Lauren has Bell’s Palsy. She still needs prayers. … sends her appreciation for those who have already prayed, or even just sent vibes if that’s your thing.
7/18 – Diogenes asks for prayers for his godson, who just lost his 13-year-old son to a seizure/stroke. The boy had autism and began suffering from a series of strokes over the last few weeks.
7/18 – jewells45 could use some prayers, as she has been sick. Her daughter is in pain and struggling, too, after injuring her leg.
7/18 – Emmie asked for prayers for God’s guidance and His will do be done regarding the sale of their house.
7/28 Update – The potential buyer decided it wouldn’t work for them. The house is officially listed (in a semi-rural area of Colorado). She would appreciate prayer that God would bring together the property and the people who can make good use of it.
7/19 – Fenelon Spoke asked for prayers as she attended the local Board of Education meeting, about the grooming of kids, transgenders, etc. The BOE is paying a group of LGBT teens to tell their stories, and the teacher’s union has had a drag queen show. Please pray for protection for the moms and dads defending their kids.
7/21 – Blanco asked for prayers for the family of former co-blogger Dave in Texas, who passed away recently.
7/23 – DM asks for prayers for his marriage. His wife of 36 years file for divorce.
7/23 – Count de Monet asked for prayers for his friend Cheryl, as she packs up and moves from Texas to Tennessee. Prayers for a smooth closing and safe travels are appreciated.
7/24 – t_bodie asked for prayers for his son’s girlfriend, who is in the ICU with a failing liver. It came on suddenly and caught everyone by surprise. Please lift K. up for healing and T. for strength.
7/26 – N.L.Urker needs a job badly, and prayers are appreciated.
7/26 – Nurse Ratched asked for prayers for Ann, who had a fall recently and is in ICU. She is recovering but has a long row to hoe.
7/28 Update – Ann is out of ICU and may be discharged to a rehab facility by the weekend.
8/1 Update – Rehab is on hold until she is more stable. Her AFIB with high heart rate and significant edema have been way too stubborn, plus they found another infection. Thanks for the continued prayers!
7/26 – Timon asked for prayers. His sister’s son, age 19, was killed in a multi-vehicle accident near Louisville. He was in the Army and stationed at Fort Knox. He was heading home to celebrate his 1 year anniversary in the Army.
7/26 – Browndog requested prayers as a longtime friend of his was taken off life support after a massive heart attack last Friday. He never recovered consciousness. Unfortunately, he was vaxxed to the max.
7/26 – Zod could use some prayers as he recovers, apparently cleared of cancer.
7/28 – Bitter Clinger would like prayers for his mother, who is having breast cancer surgery today.
7/28 – Jewlls45 sends prayers of thanksgiving that their friend is doing well, after he had a heart attack while in recovery after surgery. There was 100% blockage in one of his arteries, and the medical team quickly took care of that.
7/30 – Moki asks for prayers. Her cancer surgery has been postponed for 4 months so she can go through a series of extremely invasive and even 1 dangerous test, to prove that she will wake up from anesthesia. If she refuses the tests, they refuse to perform the cancer surgery. Her cancer is renal cell carcinoma, localized to one kidney at this time.
7/30 – Nova Local found our she has the C17 deletion form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, about 30 years earlier than people normally get it. While it’s not curable, it could be a lot worse.
7/30 – Tonypete asked for prayers for his neighbor Karen. She is in her late 80s, and fell at home recently and gashed her head and broke her hip. She has Alzheimer’s and cancer. Her cancer is under control, but will probably remain in a nursing care unit until the end. Her loving husband simply can’t care for her at home anymore. He also asked for prayers for his granddaughters: C is 8 and has a broken foot. No one knows how this happened(!?) E is 13 and completely out of control on social media. The girls have an unfit, alcoholic mother and an inattentive father. Tonypete and his wife continue to try and gain custody, but family court is not on their side. Additionally, a friend named Marsha recently discovered she has liver and pancreatic cancer, and her prognosis is poor.
8/2 – Hadrian the Seventh asked for prayers. He got the results of his heart exam, and his heart is fine, but they noticed some slight enlargement of the aorta. He has to go back for a CAT scan to find out what it looks like behind his heart, whether it’s still enlarged or not.
8/3 – Fenelon Spoke asks for prayers for healing for a congregation member named Dorian, who has a bad case of Covid. Thanks so much!
8/4 – Defenestratus asks for prayers for his young cousin, who was rushed to the hospital for another case of myocarditis. It’s his second episode since he got the vaccine (after having had Covid). He’s incredibly smart, athletic, driven, as well as humble and kind.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.

Romans 8:26-27
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

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Just a few friendly reminders...........

1) Opine and/or bloviate in this Open Thread.
2) No throwing food and/or beverages.
3) No running with sharp objects.
4) Be kind to one another.
5) And finally, have a nice weekend.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:00 AM

Comments

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1 No coffee today

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 06, 2022 09:00 AM (IAr9f)

2 Dutifully called as always

Do have cinnamon bagel

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 06, 2022 09:01 AM (IAr9f)

3 Good Saturday morning, horde!

Those cinnamon rolls look divine.

Now to read the prayer list and talk with Him for a bit.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 06, 2022 09:02 AM (OX9vb)

4 Caffeinated.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 06, 2022 09:02 AM (BFigT)

5 Mmmmm.....cinnamon rolls.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 06, 2022 09:03 AM (g8uGN)

6 Ghee and a spoonful of cocoa powder to emulsify it.

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at August 06, 2022 09:04 AM (NjbfF)

7 Dogs: Walked & fed
Breakfast: Cooked, eaten, dishes done
Arse: washed
Teeth: brushed

Now for some coffee

Posted by: weew at August 06, 2022 09:04 AM (vDDdc)

8 Hi Horde

Posted by: Ciampino - coffee is called for at August 06, 2022 09:04 AM (qfLjt)

9 I just skimmed the prayer list. Given Zod's general disposition, I can only assume cancer will regret ever going after him.

Posted by: PabloD at August 06, 2022 09:04 AM (K8n9f)

10 Those cinnamon rolls are either way to small, or that's a giant cup of coffee.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 06, 2022 09:05 AM (sRUs0)

11 Mornin'

Finished my coffee, ate the corn flakes, watching golf on TV . Usually I work on Saturday but i took the day off. Probably the last Saturday for a while I'll be able to take off, might as well take advantage of it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at August 06, 2022 09:05 AM (sAmhv)

12 to continue:

raisins in meatloaf? please no
nut milk in coffee? COFFEEMATE

but you know, no argumendum gustibus or however you say that

Posted by: DB at August 06, 2022 09:06 AM (geLO8)

13 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 06, 2022 09:09 AM (BRHaw)

14 So I decided to resume my co-ed softball career after 27 years. Things had changed on the field, not for the better. So I made things better.

https://bit.ly/3P0rFNL

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at August 06, 2022 09:09 AM (NjbfF)

15 I read somewhere that it takes something like 60 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. I find this hard to believe.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2022 09:10 AM (XG2Fi)

16 @12 It's "non disputandum carrot chili."

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 06, 2022 09:10 AM (x61Im)

17 I already finished my coffee and had a couple McMuffins. So It’s a good start.

Posted by: 4thewin at August 06, 2022 09:10 AM (bMVfY)

18 Off to the range this morning. I'm starting to recover my shooting skills, but I've definitely lost a lot of speed and I have to be very mindful about not depressing the muzzle in anticipation of the shot. Gotta hit the range before it gets too warm, and before the knuckleheads show up.

Posted by: PabloD at August 06, 2022 09:10 AM (K8n9f)

19 Sitting around this am waiting to be told how many grandkids I will have at my house today. Grandkid #9 will be born sometime today, so getting the littles out of the way and distracted is important for the family.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 06, 2022 09:11 AM (MIKMs)

20 I had a bad experience with cinnamon rolls this week. Someone told to go so and so place, they got the best rolls. So I spent a stupid amount for a square of 4, and they did smell and look good, go home and I go to pull one out and they're sitting in a half inch of icing. They must have poured a half a quart over four rolls. It was horrid, uneatable.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 06, 2022 09:12 AM (qH6FZ)

21 >>Gotta hit the range before it gets too warm, and before the knuckleheads show up.

Posted by: PabloD

what do the knuckleheads do

Posted by: DB at August 06, 2022 09:12 AM (geLO8)

22 Grandkid #9 will be born sometime today, so getting the littles out of the way and distracted is important for the family.
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 06, 2022 09:11 AM (MIKMs)

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Congrats on having a family of such rich fecundity!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2022 09:13 AM (XG2Fi)

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I read somewhere that it takes something like 60 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. I find this hard to believe.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2022 09:10 AM

I believe it, and why it's so expensive. Imagine the energy required to boil off 60 gallons of fluid. Picture a 55 gallon drum.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 06, 2022 09:13 AM (jE276)

24 Mr Rittenhouse. A coed team is very inclusive. Do you have to play certain numbers of men and women? So Every team needs a biologist?

Posted by: 4thewin at August 06, 2022 09:14 AM (bMVfY)

25 "Gotta hit the range before it gets too warm, and before the knuckleheads show up."

Take your time, I'm not golfing today.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 06, 2022 09:14 AM (qH6FZ)

26 hiya

Posted by: JT at August 06, 2022 09:14 AM (T4tVD)

27 2) No throwing food and/or beverages.
3) No running with sharp objects.

Does this mean we can throw the sharp objects ?

Posted by: JT at August 06, 2022 09:15 AM (T4tVD)

28 Those cinnamon rolls look yummy. You are right MisHum, the only thing missing is the French Toast with Maple Syrup.

CBD is oh so wrong on this.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 06, 2022 09:15 AM (NpAcC)

29 Well 15 minutes in the garden pulling weeds was all I could handle. I'm dripping with sweat. Damn humidity.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 06, 2022 09:16 AM (nxdel)

30 Congrats on having a family of such rich fecundity!
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Thanks, but since I have 4 kids, doesn't seem like a lot -- yet.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 06, 2022 09:16 AM (MIKMs)

31 Rittenhouse: great story! Thanks for the link.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 06, 2022 09:16 AM (+RCNz)

32 Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at August 06, 2022 09:09 AM (NjbfF)

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Hah! Nice tale.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2022 09:17 AM (XG2Fi)

33 >>>Mr Rittenhouse. A coed team is very inclusive. Do you have to play certain numbers of men and women? So Every team needs a biologist?
Posted by: 4thewin

You know, I was looking for a way to up the ante next season.

Showing up in a skirt with lipstick might just do it.

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at August 06, 2022 09:18 AM (NjbfF)

34 What do the knuckleheads do?

Oh, the things I've seen at public shooting ranges... people muzzle-sweeping everyone, shooting at giant rocks at close range, people who I'm pretty sure I saw in court recently and who probably have a no weapons condition as part of their probation... the list goes on and on.

Posted by: PabloD at August 06, 2022 09:18 AM (K8n9f)

35 (Huffing and puffing from rushing here)
I got here as soon as I heard, is there any Free Dirt left?

Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at August 06, 2022 09:18 AM (PHxng)

36 14 So I decided to resume my co-ed softball career after 27 years. Things had changed on the field, not for the better. So I made things better.

https://bit.ly/3P0rFNL
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at August 06, 2022 09:09 AM (NjbfF)

Pollution stopped and no ACL rupture. I call that a Win-Win.

Thanks for sharing!

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 06, 2022 09:19 AM (aA3+G)

37 Wait. There's free dirt? Where?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 06, 2022 09:20 AM (+RCNz)

38 I've seen similar stuff as PabloD mentions at the range. Gangbangers out for some range time is an oxymoron. And they're typically lousy shots.

Now my range is outside, in the lower 40.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 06, 2022 09:21 AM (BFigT)

39 Thanks Pablo. Hope you have a good RSO.

the rest of you- you missed the free dirt. It was glorious.

Posted by: DB at August 06, 2022 09:22 AM (geLO8)

40 34 You haven't lived until you worked at an indoor range, and you're helping the rangemaster with a class of security guards. And while firing at the 7 yard target, a young lady puts five right into the floor.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 06, 2022 09:24 AM (lz5hY)

41 "I read somewhere that it takes something like 60 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. I find this hard to believe."

depends on the sugar content of the sap, but generally more like 40 gallons.

They can remove a lot of water using reverse osmosis .. I just looked, they can get sap from 2% to as much as 32% sugar with RO. At 67% it is ready.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 09:24 AM (Cus5s)

42 Twelve U Little League of Kenosha won the WI State Tournament and is one game closer to heading for Williamsport with a no-hitter 9-0 win over Nebraska. They will be televised on ESPN on Sunday. They have an awesome coach who coached Thing 2 last season.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 06, 2022 09:26 AM (45fpk)

43 A young couple in town has started a coffee roastery and cafe, which is starting to expand. I'm going to see if they might be able to to take me on, even if only to represent them at farmers markets.
I would like more hours than they likely can provide but I know my way around coffee-roasting, varieties and brewing methods.
And it would get me working again.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, at August 06, 2022 09:27 AM (eGTCV)

44 So Sinema's "Die on the Hill" issue is to protect "carried interest" taxation for hedge fund managers.

Heh. Double heh.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 09:28 AM (i0slg)

45 Twelve U Little League of Kenosha won the WI State Tournament and is one game closer to heading for Williamsport with a no-hitter 9-0 win over Nebraska. They will be televised on ESPN on Sunday. They have an awesome coach who coached Thing 2 last season.
Posted by: grammie winger

Nice !

Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at August 06, 2022 09:29 AM (T4tVD)

46 "Bullet Train" is Good Dumb Fun. See it in IMAX if you can

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 09:29 AM (i0slg)

47 Thanks for the Horde prayers for my friend Cheryl. She and her sons who flew down to help with friends got her all packed into 3 large box trucks and transported from Brenham, TX to her new home in TN. Closing went smoothly. She's now unpacking and unboxing all that stuff.

She has a barn and another outbuilding on her new property that previous owner(s) have left all their junk behind so she has even more 'treasure' to sort through.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2022 09:30 AM (4I/2K)

48 Update on K - she is out of the hospital and still recuperating. She has some lifestyle work to do.

Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at August 06, 2022 09:30 AM (6jpby)

49 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger at August 06, 2022 09:30 AM (45fpk)

50 Steve Bannon is on a kamikaze mission to get a court ruling (SCOTUS if need be) that the entire J6 Commision is ultra vires because Nancy didn't follow the rules in forming it. Bannon has standing because he's facing jail time. Developing ....

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 09:30 AM (i0slg)

51 *And it would get me working again.*

I think someone routinely posts on these threads about making pretty good money working from home. (ducks)

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 06, 2022 09:31 AM (+RCNz)

52 N.L. Urker, that sounds like a pleasant opportunity. If they are expanding, you may be able to get the hours you need. Prayers up for you.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 06, 2022 09:32 AM (OX9vb)

53 Prayers for the horde's intentions.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 06, 2022 09:32 AM (ZDCds)

54 41 "I read somewhere that it takes something like 60 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. I find this hard to believe."

depends on the sugar content of the sap, but generally more like 40 gallons.

They can remove a lot of water using reverse osmosis .. I just looked, they can get sap from 2% to as much as 32% sugar with RO. At 67% it is ready.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 09:24 AM (Cus5s)

Usually it's 40:1 that's why is so expensive. Hopefully our buddy Maud'dib will stop by. He is a master at that craft. His product is excellent and he explains the process very well.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 06, 2022 09:33 AM (aA3+G)

55 I see Zelensky is now meeting with China and asking Xi to help rebuild Ukraine while Biden is in the middle of sending Zelensky another billion in US weapons.

And it just so happens the places where the Biden's did most of their corrupt business are Ukraine and China.

Quite a coincidence.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2022 09:33 AM (ZLI7S)

56 Prayers for the horde's intentions.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at August 06, 2022 09:34 AM (T4tVD)

57 So Sinema's "Die on the Hill" issue is to protect "carried interest" taxation for hedge fund managers.

Heh. Double heh.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August

And it'll probably cost Kelly his seat so it isn't *all* bad; just bad to the bone.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 06, 2022 09:34 AM (ZDCds)

58 You haven't lived until you worked at an indoor range, and you're helping the rangemaster with a class of security guards. And while firing at the 7 yard target, a young lady puts five right into the floor.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 06, 2022 09:24 AM (lz5hY)

Windage and elevation, Mrs. Langdon; windage and elevation.

Posted by: Col. John Henry Thomas at August 06, 2022 09:35 AM (4I/2K)

59 My grandparents lived less than 10 minutes from the LL complex in Williamsport. Fun memories as a yute.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 06, 2022 09:35 AM (g8uGN)

60 >>>She has a barn and another outbuilding on her new property that previous owner(s) have left all their junk behind so she has even more 'treasure' to sort through.
Posted by: Count de Monet

I don't know any more about this than you've shared, but it brings to mind an observation:

People who don't accumulate money tend to accumulate things. Maybe it makes them feel like they have more?

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at August 06, 2022 09:36 AM (NjbfF)

61 Morning, Horde...Just finished up the Sunday Morning Book Thread!

I think y'all will enjoy it tomorrow!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 06, 2022 09:36 AM (K5n5d)

62 15 I read somewhere that it takes something like 60 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. I find this hard to believe.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2022 09:10 AM (XG2Fi)
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Well it is tree sap so any more concentrated and it would kill the living cells of the tree. Sugar in other than small quantities is toxic to cells.

Posted by: Ciampino - coffee is/was called for at August 06, 2022 09:36 AM (qfLjt)

63 My grandparents lived less than 10 minutes from the LL complex in Williamsport. Fun memories as a yute.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 06, 2022 09:35 AM (g8uGN)

I'd love to watch some games there. How cool.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 06, 2022 09:37 AM (45fpk)

64 Three global empires are at risk of collapsing: Russia China USA.

We're already in a cold war with the Chi-Coms, and we're fighting a proxy war against Russia.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 09:38 AM (i0slg)

65 Saw article Norks are offering troops to Russia for the Ukraine battle

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 06, 2022 09:38 AM (IAr9f)

66 'merning all.

Prayers for all those in need; and a kick in the ass for those who deserve it.

Off to the gym...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 06, 2022 09:38 AM (BgMrQ)

67 I'll throw $20 in ace's tip jar if somebody can show me recent footage of Dick Cheney being applauded by a crowd of Liberal Democrats. I'm not aware of a specific event, I'm just saying it's inevitable.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 06, 2022 09:39 AM (cupoy)

68 Would have been here earlier, but I had to put all the sharp objects away before I could comment!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 06, 2022 09:40 AM (hOUT3)

69 Fun is where you find it.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1555565401576247297

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 06, 2022 09:41 AM (FF+On)

70 I have to take my son's cat to the shelter to get his rabies shot this morning. The cat's going to be so mad at me.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 09:41 AM (yQpMk)

71 64 Three global empires are at risk of collapsing: Russia China USA.

We're already in a cold war with the Chi-Coms, and we're fighting a proxy war against Russia.
Posted by: Ignoramus

Thank goodness we have the firm hand of pResident Bai-Den in the wheelhouse, or this country would be in real trouble.
/s (just in case)

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 06, 2022 09:42 AM (hOUT3)

72 "Three global empires are at risk of collapsing"

I'd add the European Union.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 09:44 AM (i0slg)

73 I don't know any more about this than you've shared, but it brings to mind an observation:

People who don't accumulate money tend to accumulate things. Maybe it makes them feel like they have more?
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at August 06, 2022 09:36 AM (NjbfF)

Cheryl fits that category. She had to leave stuff behind in the Brenham house that she'd just sold - it wouldn't all fit on the trucks. Her original plan was to rent 2 big box trucks (28 ft?), but she had to add a third truck at the last minute when it all wouldn't fit. This after spending most of the past year 'sorting and packing up' her stuff in anticipation of finding a house in TN.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2022 09:45 AM (4I/2K)

74 Well it is tree sap so any more concentrated and it would kill the living cells of the tree. Sugar in other than small quantities is toxic to cells.
Posted by: Ciampino - coffee is/was called for at August 06, 2022 09:36 AM (qfLjt)

*nods head*

Posted by: Diabetic Neuropathy & Vascular Damage at August 06, 2022 09:47 AM (4I/2K)

75 A major contributing factor for President Who Has No Pupils landing in the White House is Dr. Jiggly has Michelle Obama envy.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 06, 2022 09:47 AM (FF+On)

76 Re: Maple Syrup:

Mike Rowe had a Dirty Jobs episode on a maple syrup farm. From collecting the sap, to boiling and reducing it down, to making actual products with it, such as maple-leaf-shaped candy. All with his characteristic near-deadpan quips and jokes, questioning about the process, and showing how much of a novice he is.

He's a national treasure of the USA, he is.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 06, 2022 09:47 AM (K7vfi)

77 There is not a single agency in this country that is not corrupt. This breakthrough American battery tech was simply handed to China

"The batteries...held enough energy to power a house, and could be used for decades. The engineers pictured people plunking them down next to their air conditioners, attaching solar panels to them, and everyone living happily ever after off the grid...The Chinese company didn't steal this technology. It was given to them — by the U.S. Department of Energy. First in 2017, as part of a sublicense, and later, in 2021, as part of a license transfer."

Someone in the comments says 2017 was probably early January under Obama, and 2021 probably after January 20, when Biden took office.

https://tinyurl.com/How-China-got-US-battery-tech

Posted by: IrishEi at August 06, 2022 09:48 AM (3ImbR)

78 Most Gracious Heavenly Father,
We humbly beseech You on behalf od our sick and distressed brothers and sisters. May it be Thy Will they be restored to health and to their families. We ask You to guide and direct their medical teams as they minister to them. These prayers we offer in the name of Your Son, Our Saviour, The Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:48 AM (gktX6)

79 60 >>>She has a barn and another outbuilding on her new property that previous owner(s) have left all their junk behind so she has even more 'treasure' to sort through.
Posted by: Count de Monet

I don't know any more about this than you've shared, but it brings to mind an observation:

People who don't accumulate money tend to accumulate things. Maybe it makes them feel like they have more?
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at August 06, 2022 09:36 AM (NjbfF)

I think "collections" revolve around one's upbringing. Both of my parents were 6 when the Great Depression struck. Dad's life was in rural farm area in a broken home.
Mom's was a little better in a 2 parent family on a more prosperous farm.
They learned to save everything never knowing when you might need it again.
When I cleaned out my parents house Dad had pieces of 12"-18" Romex wire. Why Dad? Why?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 06, 2022 09:49 AM (aA3+G)

80 Goodd morning y'all.

Quick straw pol:

Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?

It is not mRNA, more of a traditional preparation using a synthetically produced dose of spike protein with and adjuvant (immune response enhancer), given as two doses.

I have some thoughts, but would be interested in other opinions.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 09:49 AM (kXYt5)

81 "Hopefully our buddy Maud'dib will stop by. He is a master at that craft. His product is excellent and he explains the process very well." Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

yeah. I made a small batch once from a few of my hard maples. Was good, but had water running down my kitchen walls ... fan was not enough.

Here is the article I read. Guy says it is better to not go over 8% sugar with RO, seems to lose some of the caramelization flavor over that.

https://tinyurl.com/y577wzs9

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 09:49 AM (Cus5s)

82 Three global empires are at risk of collapsing: Russia China USA.
We're already in a cold war with the Chi-Coms, and we're fighting a proxy war against Russia.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 09:38 AM (i0slg)

I read about that in a book once.

Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia if I remember right.

They prop themselves up like three sheaths of corn.

Thankfully I can turn the telescreen off.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 06, 2022 09:50 AM (R/m4+)

83 French toast and maple syrup. Sounds like a winner.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 06, 2022 09:50 AM (jvt6t)

84 "75 A major contributing factor for President Who Has No Pupils landing in the White House is Dr. Jiggly has Michelle Obama envy."

"I found pills, and ate them!" - Meme that needs to be applied.

Posted by: Another Anon at August 06, 2022 09:50 AM (K7vfi)

85 NPR reports GOP governors had ‘no plan for what came next’ after busing migrants to DC

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Those bastards!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 09:50 AM (FVME7)

86 Grandkid #9 will be born sometime today, so getting the littles out of the way and distracted is important for the family.
Posted by: mustbequantum at August 06, 2022 09:11 AM (MIKMs)

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Congrats on having a family of such rich fecundity!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 06, 2022 09:13 AM (XG2Fi)

Indeed. I am envious. We have one granddaughter between both us and Girl928's in-laws. The Heiress.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 09:50 AM (yQpMk)

87 NPR reports GOP governors had ‘no plan for what came next’ after busing migrants to DC

I assume the plan is more busses.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 09:51 AM (yQpMk)

88 69 Fun is where you find it.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1555565401576247297
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 06, 2022 09:41 AM (FF+On)

Holy Crap! I looked up the guy's shirt to see who had just supplanted Florida man and Russian guy. If I'm not mistaken, that is Nebraska man. Waterboarding badgers is an original sin or fun for the whole family, depending your attitude.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 06, 2022 09:51 AM (cupoy)

89 Quick straw pol:

Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?

It is not mRNA, more of a traditional preparation using a synthetically produced dose of spike protein with and adjuvant (immune response enhancer), given as two doses.

I have some thoughts, but would be interested in other opinions.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 09:49 AM (kXYt5)

My uninformed opinion is no way Jose. No spike protein anything.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2022 09:52 AM (4I/2K)

90 *The cat's going to be so mad at me.*

Perhaps you can get some help from the young man with the badger linked in post 69.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 06, 2022 09:52 AM (+RCNz)

91 I assume the plan is more busses.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 09:51 AM (yQpMk)

Helicopters are an expensive budget buster.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 06, 2022 09:53 AM (jvt6t)

92 >>Three global empires are at risk of collapsing: Russia China USA.
We're already in a cold war with the Chi-Coms, and we're fighting a proxy war against Russia.

It could get hot.

Russia invaded Ukraine after the Biden administration made repeated comments about offering Ukraine admission into NATO, something Putin has been warning for years was his red line and he actually enforces his red lines.

How do you suppose he will react to Finland and Sweden joining NATO cause I'm thinking not well.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2022 09:54 AM (ZLI7S)

93 91 I assume the plan is more busses.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 09:51 AM (yQpMk)

Helicopters are an expensive budget buster.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 06, 2022 09:53 AM (jvt6t)

But then again, you only live once.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 06, 2022 09:55 AM (aA3+G)

94 I have some thoughts, but would be interested in other opinions.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 09:49 AM (kXYt5)

Since I am not a doctor, I'd be interested in your analysis of it. I'm pretty distrustful at this point. And, unvaccinated for COVID, I still haven't gotten the 'rona. I feel like I don't need it. Would take a lot to convince me that I do.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 06, 2022 09:55 AM (OX9vb)

95 How do you suppose he will react to Finland and Sweden joining NATO cause I'm thinking not well.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2022 09:54 AM (ZLI7S)

Sweden is useless but non-threatening. Finland is a buffer state so I imagine the Russians will be most unhappy. And the Finnish President makes no bones about hating Americans.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 09:56 AM (yQpMk)

96 Jak Sucio, hours on the meter, killing the pieces/parts of a helicopter. Buses not so much. As you say, expensive.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:56 AM (gktX6)

97 Muldoon, no. No jabs for this guy.

Re: badger
They must have used the badger as the basis for the creature in An American Werewolf In London

Posted by: DB at August 06, 2022 09:56 AM (geLO8)

98 If you think the U.S. has an "empire," you've grown up on a lifetime diet of flavor-ade. Drool away.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 06, 2022 09:57 AM (x61Im)

99 Amen.
Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 09:48 AM (gktX6)

Add another Amen to that from here.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 06, 2022 09:57 AM (hOUT3)

100 80 Goodd morning y'all.

Quick straw pol:
Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?
I have some thoughts, but would be interested in other opinions.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 09:49 AM (kXYt5)
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No. Never. I hardly ever catch the flu so I don't do that 'vaccine', useless anyway as it is for the previous strain(s).

Posted by: Ciampino - no better than a flu shot? at August 06, 2022 09:58 AM (qfLjt)

101 Good Morning!
I had a great week. Found a new stylist to cut my hair for a reasonable price and a reliable mechanic who went over my car and found nothing wrong except normal maintenance items. He was a bit appalled that it hadn't been looked at in 2 years.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 06, 2022 09:59 AM (Y+l9t)

102 Good morning everyone. Prayers for all intentions and also all those unspoken.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 06, 2022 09:59 AM (LsEU/)

103 Would the new vaccine have any benefit for those of us who've already had Covid?

Posted by: grammie winger at August 06, 2022 09:59 AM (45fpk)

104 Unless I had massive comorbidities, I wouldn't consider getting a vaccine against a cold. There was a time when I might have, but not anymore.

Trust is a fragile thing.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 10:00 AM (yQpMk)

105 Got this response from Publis, who writes a covid news letter for interested Horde members.

Finally, one of the readers recently asked me about Novavax, and whether that might be better or okay. No, it is not. All these vaccines induce spike protein in your body, one way or the other. Novavax just uses a different method. The Sars-Cov-2 spike protein is very toxic, in multiple ways. Most of the side effects and injuries from these damn things are due to high levels of circulating spike protein in the body. It doesn't matter when the spike comes from, it's the spike itself that is the problem. The mRNA and others may have other toxic properties, and there's some research and data on that, but the spike is the main one.

And, all of them induce immune response to only the spike, not the whole virus, and are non-sterilizing. OAS is a big problem as well.

Posted by: shipoopi at August 06, 2022 10:00 AM (xKFcT)

106 I have some thoughts, but would be interested in other opinions.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 09:49 AM (kXYt5)
~~~~~

Not vaxxed and had the virus back in December '20.

To be honest, I have nearly completely lost trust in science and medical communities. I was never anti-vax before, but at this point, I'm not sure if I would ever have had my own kids vaccinated and I worry about possible future grandchildren.

There were doctors in my area who refused to see patients unless they were vaccinated. That's bad enough, but the what terrified me most was the refusal to treat people until they were so severely ill that they required hospitalization. I've never, ever seen such a thing, and it was horrifying to me.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 06, 2022 10:00 AM (3ImbR)

107 Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?
I have some thoughts, but would be interested in other opinions.

Posted by: Muldoon

Is there a box on the form for "XXXX NO!"?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 06, 2022 10:00 AM (LsEU/)

108 >>Sweden is useless but non-threatening. Finland is a buffer state so I imagine the Russians will be most unhappy. And the Finnish President makes no bones about hating Americans.

It's just the constant, needless provocation that makes no sense unless it is planned provocation. I don't remember Putin being a major threat to NATO prior to dum dum taking office. We keep trying to incite WWIII?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2022 10:01 AM (ZLI7S)

109 "Dad had pieces of 12"-18" Romex wire. Why Dad? Why?"

ha ... hey, Romex is great for securing something ... and it has that extra padding.

In general it is probably cheaper and quicker to buy new as needed, especially if one's time is valuable, and clutter is a cost to one's mental state. But well organized salvage can be useful ... I dream of organizing all my "junk" some day.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 10:01 AM (Cus5s)

110 85 NPR reports GOP governors had ‘no plan for what came next’ after busing migrants to DC

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Those bastards!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 09:50 AM (FVME7)

:GOTO 10

Posted by: Answers From the Mists of Time at August 06, 2022 10:01 AM (cupoy)

111 Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?

It is not mRNA, more of a traditional preparation using a synthetically produced dose of spike protein with and adjuvant (immune response enhancer), given as two doses.

I have some thoughts, but would be interested in other opinions.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 09:49 AM (kXYt5)

The newly EUA'ed qualifier means a honking big "NO!" from clan Hrothgar!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 06, 2022 10:01 AM (hOUT3)

112 >>>Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?
Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 09:49 AM (kXYt5)

I beat COVID in late 2020. When I lost my taste and smell, I finished a bottle of wine I didn't like.

Everything I see (ignored by MSM) tells me natural immunity is best.

And after watching (non-MSM) footage of healthy young soccer players falling down on the pitch clutching their chest....

No, no vaccine for a bug that was easily survivable for me.

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at August 06, 2022 10:01 AM (NjbfF)

113 hey y'all

Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at August 06, 2022 10:01 AM (PbwT0)

114 Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?

No. Still taking ivermectin as a prophylactic every ten days. Never got Covid.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 06, 2022 10:01 AM (C1rbv)

115 Over here- the divorce stuff is dragging on. I spoke with a lawyer & think he's competent, though not sure if his will to really stand up. Oh, and there's the money issue as well... No idea how I can just cough up that kind of money, & especially depressing considering the stove needs replacing, the boys' dresser fell apart, & there's something weird going on with the A/C. Eldest kid (12) is just mad at me about everything... To top it off, I ended up with a bacterial infection in one of my fingers, and one of my best friends is having heart issues, which may be relayed to the wax which he was basically forced to take.

Anyone know any good family lawyers in SE WI?

God is good though. We have the examples of those on the Bible & the saints as hope & encouragement so ... One step at a time in faith.

Posted by: Katja at August 06, 2022 10:02 AM (AOaQX)

116 91 I assume the plan is more busses.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 09:51 AM (yQpMk)

Helicopters are an expensive budget buster.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 06, 2022 09:53 AM (jvt6t)
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Rail guns?

Posted by: Ciampino - orbiting illegals at August 06, 2022 10:02 AM (qfLjt)

117 No spike protein anything.
Posted by: Count de Monet

*****

I share some reservations about a vaccine with a single antigen, (particularly the spike protein) for a couple reasons.

1. My impression of the spike protein is that it triggers a potent (perhaps too potent) reaction. Bad actor iif you will.
2. I think a whole killed-virus vaccine (or even better, having natural immunity after having the disease) gives a more broad based complimentary protection (cross-immunity)

Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 10:03 AM (kXYt5)

118 If you think the U.S. has an "empire," you've grown up on a lifetime diet of flavor-ade.

We clearly are not an empire in the traditional imperial sense. We are a hegemon, i.e. a country with a lot of sway. Our sway is benevolent, as reflected in the fact that pretty much every planet on the globe has benefited from it. An obvious example is the establishment of free access to the world's oceans and the maintenance of global free trade that comes from it.

I would not expect such benevolence from China.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 10:03 AM (/NCI4)

119 Et to, Snickers?

Mars Wrigley apologizes to China for Snickers ad which called Taiwan a country

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 10:03 AM (FVME7)

120 No. Still taking ivermectin as a prophylactic every ten days. Never got Covid.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 06, 2022 10:01 AM (C1rbv)

That you know of. I tested positive for the Vid on both the quick and the slow tests back in July of 2020. Never had a symptom that I noticed.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 10:03 AM (yQpMk)

121 Anyone know any good family lawyers in SE WI?

Posted by: Katja at August 06, 2022 10:02 AM (AOaQX)

Nicole Rizzo, although she might have changed her last name by marriage. The firm is something something Rizzo.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 06, 2022 10:04 AM (45fpk)

122 Anyone know any good family lawyers in SE WI?
Posted by: Katja

Around here $5000 makes that problem go away. $10,000 if you don't want the body found.

*only kidding - I think*

Posted by: Tonypete at August 06, 2022 10:05 AM (LsEU/)

123 Prayers for all the Horde in need

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 06, 2022 10:05 AM (gbzeC)

124 >>> Fun is where you find it.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1555565401576247297
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 06, 2022 09:41 AM (FF+On)

And we all thought the guy at work who grabs possums and swings them in the air to make them dizzy before holding them like a baby was crazy..

Posted by: PMRich at August 06, 2022 10:06 AM (eh5ud)

125 I just started looking into this, and suspect the answer is hidden, but I don't yet know why an EUA was granted for the Novavax formulation, as there are already multiple COVID vaccines available. Is this perhaps a tacit admission that the mRNA vaxxes have serious issues?

Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 10:06 AM (kXYt5)

126 Katja - https://www.rizzolaw.com/ lawyer/nicole-beddigs/

remove space

Posted by: grammie winger at August 06, 2022 10:07 AM (45fpk)

127 @114. I may have considered it at one point, but they also succumbed to what I consider immoral means of testing. My family & I got sick in the fall of 2019 & travelled internationally at the end of that year. I think we had the thing & were exposed to other strains because we've had nothing C19 related since. At first my doctor didn't even want to entertain the idea that we had it in 2019, but 2 1/2 years on, none of the 6 of us - or 8, if you add my MIL & the baby - have been sick with it.

Posted by: Katja at August 06, 2022 10:07 AM (7c+i7)

128 We keep trying to incite WWIII?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2022 10:01

Looks like it to me.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 06, 2022 10:07 AM (g8uGN)

129 >Posted by: Katja at August 06, 2022 10:02 AM (AOaQX)

I do hope things get better for you- God bless

Posted by: DB at August 06, 2022 10:07 AM (geLO8)

130 NPR reports GOP governors had ‘no plan for what came next’ after busing migrants to DC

I have to disagree..."no longer our problem" is a perfectly cromulent plan. As the gnomes would put it:

1. Bus illegals to DC
B. ???
iii. No Longer Our Problem

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 06, 2022 10:07 AM (ENBF0)

131 FTSB: Extreme violence warning: Smoke shop owner defends his business from antifa thief with big knife, going Michael Myers on the robber

The report I read says a 3" knife. What we used to call a pen knife.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 10:08 AM (yQpMk)

132 There were doctors in my area who refused to see patients unless they were vaccinated. That's bad enough, but the what terrified me most was the refusal to treat people until they were so severely ill that they required hospitalization. I've never, ever seen such a thing, and it was horrifying to me.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 06, 2022 10:00 AM

Yep to me that was the scary part, doctors and hospitals refusing to treat people with covid. Made them stay home and wait it out until they got so sick they had to be put on a ventilator.

We will never have a full accounting form any of this but I would bet that half or more of the people who actually died from covid could have been saved if they had received early treatment.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 06, 2022 10:08 AM (bVYXr)

133 Is this perhaps a tacit admission that the mRNA vaxxes have serious issues?
Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 10:06 AM (kXYt5)

A phrase I heard somewhere:

"We may never know the real reason!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 06, 2022 10:08 AM (hOUT3)

134 Morning Horde. Hubby says kinky boots caved on the build back buttfuck bill because the hedge fund crap was removed and she gets lots and lots of money from you guessed it, hedge fund operators.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 06, 2022 10:08 AM (2NHgQ)

135 Had French Toast for breakfast, what went on it is between me and God

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 06, 2022 10:08 AM (IAr9f)

136 In general it is probably cheaper and quicker to buy new as needed, especially if one's time is valuable, and clutter is a cost to one's mental state. But well organized salvage can be useful ... I dream of organizing all my "junk" some day.
Posted by: illiniwek

In prepping to move I've seriously reduced my stash of all pieces/parts. It hurt to do it but I do feel very much less burdened by it all.

I mean, how many 1 inch washers do you really need - 500? Nah.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 06, 2022 10:09 AM (LsEU/)

137 I believe I had chynaflu end Oct of 19, indistinguishable from a cold or common flu, never tested. 3 Pfizers (now see, we're not requiring you to get the shot, but you're going to need to get the shot) one of those deals. I doubt I'll get another one. Done got religion, I has.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 10:10 AM (gktX6)

138 If you want to read about LA getting gooder and harder read about the half billion dollar bridge they cant open because people walking and doing stupid shit are getting in drivers way!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 06, 2022 10:10 AM (BRHaw)

139 "And, all of them induce immune response to only the spike, not the whole virus, and are non-sterilizing. OAS is a big problem as well."

After listening to many hours of "real science" on this, I still don't have full grasp ... but yeah, that spike floating around the body seems like a problem (remember they claimed it stayed localized at first). I forget what non-sterilizing means, but yeah, that too. (heh)

No vax and no Covid, but I don't get out much ... I do mix with those "smelly" WalMart people at times, to keep my natural immune system up to date.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 10:11 AM (Cus5s)

140 Had French Toast for breakfast, what went on it is between me and God
Posted by: Skip's phone

"For your penance, recite three Hail Marys, . . . . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at August 06, 2022 10:11 AM (LsEU/)

141 >>Had French Toast for breakfast, what went on it is between me and God

Don't give into the oppression and tyranny, Skip. Pour your Maple Syrup with abandon.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2022 10:11 AM (ZLI7S)

142 >Had French Toast for breakfast, what went on it is between me and God
Posted by: Skip's phone

SAY IT

Posted by: DB at August 06, 2022 10:12 AM (geLO8)

143 Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?

It is not mRNA, more of a traditional preparation using a synthetically produced dose of spike protein with and adjuvant (immune response enhancer), given as two doses.

I have some thoughts, but would be interested in other opinions.
Posted by: Muldoon at

As my 8th grade self would say, “No way, Jose!”

Posted by: LASue at August 06, 2022 10:12 AM (Ed8Zd)

144 121 Anyone know any good family lawyers in SE WI?

Posted by: Katja at August 06, 2022 10:02 AM (AOaQX)

Nicole Rizzo, although she might have changed her last name by marriage. The firm is something something Rizzo.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 06, 2022 10:04 AM (45fpk)

Levy & Levy Cedarburg, WI

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 06, 2022 10:13 AM (aA3+G)

145 136 In general it is probably cheaper and quicker to buy new as needed, especially if one's time is valuable, and clutter is a cost to one's mental state. But well organized salvage can be useful ... I dream of organizing all my "junk" some day.
Posted by: illiniwek

In prepping to move I've seriously reduced my stash of all pieces/parts. It hurt to do it but I do feel very much less burdened by it all.

I mean, how many 1 inch washers do you really need - 500? Nah.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 06, 2022 10:09 AM (LsEU/)

I can attest to purging being good for the soul...after all the books in my house, I did all the school supplies, and now it's all organized (and empty pencils/broken supplies trashed), and I actually just bought what I needed this year.

Next up is my kitchen 5 shelf organizers (I have 2). By the time this is done, the learning year will start and I'll be back to dealing with increasing clutter for 10 months (getting sick twice this summer reallly slowed down my normal process)...

Posted by: Nova local at August 06, 2022 10:13 AM (exHjb)

146 Pour your syrup on me
In the name of love!

Posted by: French Toast at August 06, 2022 10:13 AM (4I/2K)

147 I had the Moderna shots when they were first available. Never had Covid. Go out every day. Have no intention of taking any more. I do wonder if I got it and had no symptoms.
I take a slew of vitamins every day including D3 and zinc. I am also very grateful that I am retired and can spend time staying fit.
I wish the medical community would spend more time figuring out what keeps people healthy.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 06, 2022 10:14 AM (Y+l9t)

148 If you want to read about LA getting gooder and harder read about the half billion dollar bridge they cant open because people walking and doing stupid shit are getting in drivers way!

Insty has a link to a story that the LA City Council wants to provide vouchers so the homeless can stay in LA hotels. I can see no way this goes wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 10:14 AM (/NCI4)

149 For your musical enjoyment. Joe Bonamassa, Anton Fig, Michael Clayton, Resse Wynans, Russ Irwin in London giving some respect and life to the great 1960s-Early 1970s British blues. The whole concert is on YouTube. The set opens with Beck's Bolero and ends How Many More Times. The level of artistry in these performances is staggering.

Beck's: https://tinyurl.com/2rtzyze5

How Many: https://tinyurl.com/yfexkzn9

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 06, 2022 10:14 AM (FF+On)

150 Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 10:10 AM (gktX6)

Believe I got the ChyNah flu back in early 2020, like a really bad flu, but never vaxxed, yet have tested negative several times since. Tests were required to get needed medical treatments, but luckily vaxxing was not required. Still don't know how I dodged that bullet.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 06, 2022 10:14 AM (hOUT3)

151 "We may never know the real reason!"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

Also:
"At this point, what difference does it make?" -- Sec'y of State Hillary Clinton, after denying responsibility for Benghazi

Also:
"As is well known..." -- Pravda, every time a Soviet lie needed propping up.

When you hear these phrases, your bullshit detector should peg.

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at August 06, 2022 10:15 AM (NjbfF)

152 Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?
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No.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 06, 2022 10:16 AM (tUVd3)

153 And it would get me working again.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, at August 06, 2022 09:27 AM (eGTCV)

Good luck!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 06, 2022 10:16 AM (gbzeC)

154 My SIL, the pediatrician, insisted my granddaughter had the Wuflu during our family vacation together. Yes, gd was a bit under the weather and had a slight fever but Doc wanted to go full Andromeda Strain on us all.

Nope - grandma wouldn't stand for it. Two days and gd was back to her normal and all was well. Well, with us anyway.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 06, 2022 10:16 AM (LsEU/)

155 Not a doctor. The way these later variants have burned through the population, you have to wonder if those who have never had it make up the 'naturally immune' subset?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 06, 2022 10:17 AM (8AONa)

156 135 Had French Toast for breakfast, what went on it is between me and God.

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 06, 2022 10:08 AM (IAr9f)
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Maple syrup is often used as a condiment for pancakes, waffles, French toast, oatmeal, or porridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_syrup

See even wiki agrees!

Posted by: Ciampino - runs and hides from CBD at August 06, 2022 10:17 AM (qfLjt)

157 Insty has a link to a story that the LA City Council wants to provide vouchers so the homeless can stay in LA hotels. I can see no way this goes wrong.

Sounds alright to us.

Posted by: Lice, bedbugs and other assorted vermin at August 06, 2022 10:17 AM (/NCI4)

158 But well organized salvage can be useful

******

And there's the rub, eh?

Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 10:18 AM (kXYt5)

159 I have some thoughts, but would be interested in other opinions.
Posted by: Muldoon at

No, I can't get any shots. And I hardly ever come down with the flu, colds, etc.

I just ordered a mushroom complex because that helps a lot with cold/flu season approaching.

Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 10:18 AM (dCxaZ)

160 Insty has a link to a story that the LA City Council wants to provide vouchers so the homeless can stay in LA hotels. I can see no way this goes wrong.

Sounds alright to us.
Posted by: Lice, bedbugs and other assorted vermin

Everybody wins!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 10:18 AM (FVME7)

161 135 Had French Toast for breakfast, what went on it is between me and God.

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 06, 2022 10:08 AM (IAr9f)
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Maple syrup is often used as a condiment for pancakes, waffles, French toast, oatmeal, or porridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_syrup

See even wiki agrees!
Posted by: Ciampino - runs and hides from CBD at August 06, 2022 10:17 AM (qfLjt)

Wiki left me off the list.

Posted by: Scrapple at August 06, 2022 10:19 AM (4I/2K)

162 White House Summons Chinese Ambassador Amid Military Exercises

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So WWIII by Wednesday?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 10:21 AM (FVME7)

163 from the previous thread

193 I watched the video on the sidebar of the thug attempting a theft get himself stabbed, and I'm conflicted about it. Multiple perpetrators wearing ski masks, and one jumps the counter and changed the dynamics of the incident.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 06, 2022 08:20 AM (pJWtt)

Stabby Korean is the new Rooftop Korean
I think that guy probably does martial arts btw

#vmom-approved

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 06, 2022 10:22 AM (gbzeC)

164 thanks for the prayer list.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 06, 2022 10:23 AM (5pTK/)

165 Muldoon, if you will: Why is there no “killed whole virus” vaccine? (I may not have the correct term.) Is it the drive for the newer technology in vaccines?

Posted by: LadyS at August 06, 2022 10:24 AM (5WgUb)

166 That you know of. I tested positive for the Vid on both the quick and the slow tests back in July of 2020. Never had a symptom that I noticed.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 10:03 AM (yQpMk)

My sister donates blood every 8 weeks like clockwork. They started testing for antibodies and she has nothing the first few times and then boom, antibodies started showing up. She was never sick, never lost taste or smell, etc.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 06, 2022 10:24 AM (DgWEj)

167 137 I believe I had chynaflu end Oct of 19,
Posted by: Eromero

I was certain I had it in January 2020. It was the worst cold I ever remember having had; I was almost immobilized with tiredness.

But the Red Cross was testing for antibodies when I donated blood several months later, and I didn't have them. So, who knows?

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 06, 2022 10:25 AM (OX9vb)

168 *pretty much every planet on the globe has benefited from it.*

Umm, just how many planets are on the globe? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 06, 2022 10:27 AM (+RCNz)

169 Thanks for the replies. I suspected the responses would be along those lines.

I think loss of trust in not just Big Pharma and gov't, but also in personal physicians is a significant component n all of this.

One other factor is the evolving of the SARS-2 to less lethal strains has removed a great deal of the perceived impetus to get vaccinated.

At any rate, thanks, we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 10:27 AM (kXYt5)

170 Is there nothing Biden can't Biden up?

National Crisis Looms as American Craft Breweries Warn of National Beer Shortage

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 10:27 AM (FVME7)

171 just saw the sidebar item of the smoke shop owner messing up the perp.

I think if I were a perp, I'd know to stay away from:

1. Sicilian store owners
2. Asian store owners

some bodega owners could be problematic, too

Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 10:27 AM (dCxaZ)

172 Back from the walk. Everything was good. Weekenders have arrived in force. There are boats and ATVs everywhere.

7/30 – Nova Local found our she has the C17 deletion form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, about 30 years earlier than people normally get it. While it’s not curable, it could be a lot worse.

This struck me as a classic example of Moron optimism. Someone here can always find a silver lining in the darkest cloud.

Long list. I'd better get started.

Posted by: creeper at August 06, 2022 10:27 AM (cTCuP)

173 Believe I got the ChyNah flu back in early 2020, like a really bad flu, but never vaxxed, yet have tested negative several times since. Tests were required to get needed medical treatments, but luckily vaxxing was not required. Still don't know how I dodged that bullet.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 06, 2022 10:14 AM

Pretty sure I had it in late 2019. Wife did not get sick. Doctor kept treating me for bronchitis but nothing worked. Sent me to a lung doctor and he started treating me for asthma and again nothing worked. Took me almost two months to kick whatever I had. I still get short of breath sometimes.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 06, 2022 10:28 AM (bVYXr)

174 143 Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?

***
Muldoon, that's the one I wanted to get last year when they said vaxing meant no masks at work ( a lie)
I got j&j instead
Wouldn't get any vax now though

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 06, 2022 10:29 AM (gbzeC)

175 Over 230 Economists Give Dire Warning About "Inflation Reduction Act," Say It Will Make Inflation Worse

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Schumer Says the Economists Are Wrong in Response to Criticism of Inflation Bill

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Who you gonna believe?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 10:29 AM (FVME7)

176 Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 10:27 AM (kXYt5)

More and more doctors are speaking out against the mRna jabs, and journos and medical professionals who engaged in serious anti-jabber shaming are posting public apologies on social media.

They really believed the propaganda that the unvaxxed were Superspreaders who were going to kill everyone. Now when the results are in, it's the boosted and uber-jabbed who are suffering the consequences.

So why would anyone trust medical authorities or their own doctors at this point?

Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 10:30 AM (dCxaZ)

177 Lost In Space
I'm still not sure how I never heard of Bonamassa!

Posted by: MkY at August 06, 2022 10:30 AM (cPGH3)

178 169 Thanks for the replies. I suspected the responses would be along those lines.

At any rate, thanks, we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 10:27 AM (kXYt5)
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Am I once again in control of my Horizontal and Vertical ?

Posted by: Ciampino - picks up remote in readiness at August 06, 2022 10:30 AM (qfLjt)

179 I don't believe any of us got chynaflu at TxMoMe 19, mine was probably from dealing with vagrants.

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 10:30 AM (gktX6)

180 [ii]But the Red Cross was testing for antibodies when I donated blood several months later, and I didn't have them. So, who knows?

*******

Circulating antibodies (i.e. detectable on a blood test) wane, usually over the course of about 6-8 weeks, so being negative several months later doesn't mean you didn't have the disease earlier.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 10:30 AM (kXYt5)

181 Over 230 Economists Give Dire Warning About "Inflation Reduction Act," Say It Will Make Inflation Worse

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Schumer Says the Economists Are Wrong in Response to Criticism of Inflation Bill

Schumer expanded his remarks by noting that the economists are a bunch of Trump-loving poopyheads.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 10:31 AM (/NCI4)

182 >White House Summons Chinese Ambassador Amid Military Exercises

gonna put the Sternly Worded Letter directly in his hand

Posted by: DB at August 06, 2022 10:31 AM (geLO8)

183 Tim Graham: Gavin Newsom Lectures Hollywood on “Values”

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Damn radical right wing Hollywood!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 10:32 AM (FVME7)

184 That photo gave me diabeetus.

Posted by: Cybernetic at August 06, 2022 10:32 AM (wsE7M)

185 Tim Graham: Gavin Newsom Lectures Hollywood on “Values”

Translation: Newsom is running for president in '24.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 10:32 AM (/NCI4)

186 ultra vires
phrase
beyond the legal power or authority of a person or body

That makes more sense than "beyond glass" that I guessed! Although beyond clarity might have fit.

Beyond the powers -- where we get virility's root word from as well as others. Cool.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 06, 2022 10:32 AM (yikp0)

187 Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?

I have some thoughts, but would be interested in other opinions.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 09:49 AM (kXYt5)

Late to the party but absolutely not. I've been screaming for two and half years that this is just the flu. Nothing in those two and a half years has changed my mind. I've gotten this far as a pureblood. Why would I change my mind?

Posted by: creeper at August 06, 2022 10:32 AM (cTCuP)

188 "We keep trying to incite WWIII?"

FFS, it's feeling like August 1914.

Nancy's trip gave the Chi-Coms the excuse to test drive an air/sea blockade of Taiwan.

The EU is about to have an energy crisis. And its farmer citizens will be revolting.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 10:32 AM (i0slg)

189 171 just saw the sidebar item of the smoke shop owner messing up the perp.
I think if I were a perp, I'd know to stay away from:

1. Sicilian store owners
2. Asian store owners
some bodega owners could be problematic, too
Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 10:27 AM (dCxaZ)
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1. Sicilian store owners
2. Asian store owners
3. Calabrese store owners

Posted by: Ciampino - La Camorra as bad as the Mafia at August 06, 2022 10:33 AM (qfLjt)

190 The report I read says a 3" knife. What we used to call a pen knife.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 06, 2022 10:08 AM (yQpMk)

When the video starts it looks like he already has the knife in his hand and is unfolding it?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 06, 2022 10:33 AM (gbzeC)

191
Am I once again in control of my Horizontal and Vertical ?

Posted by: Ciampino

======

Another 'Ron self- identifies as 'no longer 29'

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 06, 2022 10:33 AM (8AONa)

192 Prayers up for the Horde. May God grant you healing, rest, comfort, wisdom and His infinite blessings.

Posted by: Moki at August 06, 2022 10:33 AM (JrN/x)

193 Kurt Schlichter: Is Cocaine Mitch Blowing It?

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There's a more certain answer here than, "Is the Pope Catholic?"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Summer of Our Discontent n at August 06, 2022 10:34 AM (FVME7)

194 That makes more sense than "beyond glass" that I guessed!

Just took my first sip of my second cup of coffee and realized I was actually thinking of something related to vitreous for glass-related words not VIR!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 06, 2022 10:34 AM (yikp0)

195 The whitehouse 'summons' chinee ambassador? His answer will prolly be 'summon dese, roundeye.'

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 10:35 AM (gktX6)

196 ""As is well known..." -- Pravda, every time a Soviet lie needed propping up."

over time they skip that. "AGW" needs propping up, but they just state it as hard science, and any "climate deniers" are fired and/or ridiculed.

Same still seems to go for the "safe vaccines" that are neither safe nor vaccines.

As IrishEi said above, doctors were refusing to give early treatment, refusing to treat the unvaccinated -- pharmacists were refusing to fill HCQ prescriptions. (they were killing people at the policy level and right in our face). They have moved past attempting to convince us, they will try to force us.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 10:35 AM (Cus5s)

197 I won 2 lots earlier this week of an online estate auction, 3 commercial-grade boning knives (for BBQ prep) and six bins / toolboxes of assorted tools and hardware.

I have between 10am and 2pm central time to get to the estate house and claim my lots. Sorting through the tools and hardware will be fun.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2022 10:35 AM (4I/2K)

198 It really is amazing watching the media wake up to things we all knew months ago. I wonder what hot breaking news they will discover tomorrow?

@CBSNews

The new CBS Reports documentary, "Arming Ukraine," explores why much of the billions of dollars of military aid that the U.S. is sending to Ukraine doesn't make it to the front lines: "Like 30% of it reaches its final destination."

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2022 10:35 AM (ZLI7S)

199 Ghee is clarified butter. I mean, you get a rancid hit of that and, you can imagine.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 06, 2022 10:35 AM (vuisn)

200 Muldoon: No to Novavax or any other vaccines going forward. Unfortunately, the amount of BS the Pharma's, Fauci, CDC, NIH, FDA and Medical "experts" dished out over the last 2 years, I don't trust any of it anymore. In fact, I am done getting flu shots too. I'm going with preventative Ivermecting, Quercetin, Vit D, C, Zinc and hoping for the best. I've lost 7 friends, healthy and in their early 60's, this year to sudden deaths involving heart attacks and strokes. All vaxxed and boosted. They won't even tell us the truth about the damned virus why would I trust anything else they say?

Posted by: MyInnerBeth at August 06, 2022 10:36 AM (cRbt7)

201 1. Sicilian store owners
2. Asian store owners
3. Calabrese store owners
Posted by: Ciampino

HA!

Nonna was Calabrese. Papa was Sicilian.

That was an interesting household.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 06, 2022 10:36 AM (LsEU/)

202 FFS, it's feeling like August 1914.

Nancy's trip gave the Chi-Coms the excuse to test drive an air/sea blockade of Taiwan.

The EU is about to have an energy crisis. And its farmer citizens will be revolting.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 10:32 AM (i0slg)

They stink on ice!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2022 10:37 AM (4I/2K)

203 When the video starts it looks like he already has the knife in his hand and is unfolding it?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 06, 2022 10:33 AM (gbzeC)

I watched the vid about ten times and I can't locate the source of the knife

Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 10:37 AM (dCxaZ)

204 I won 2 lots earlier this week of an online estate auction, 3 commercial-grade boning knives (for BBQ prep) and six bins / toolboxes of assorted tools and hardware.

How much? I mahy have to start going to such auctions.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 10:37 AM (/NCI4)

205 If you haven't watched the Hageman ad in the sidebar, it is well worth the time. I think it expresses my sentiments exactly. Looking forward to more firebrands on our side.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 06, 2022 10:38 AM (Y+l9t)

206 48 Update on K - she is out of the hospital and still recuperating. She has some lifestyle work to do.
Posted by: t_bodie - Lurker

That is good
Did they find the cause of the liver problems?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 06, 2022 10:39 AM (gbzeC)

207 Anyway there are enough of us unvexxed here on the blog that the rest of you should have been dead of the coof by now. according to the pResident.

Why are you all here?

/buzzioned

Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 10:40 AM (dCxaZ)

208 I'm still not sure how I never heard of Bonamassa!
Posted by: MkY

That band is breathtaking - no effect - just them playing. That band is one of the greatest bands EVER goes all the way back to Louis Armstrong's Hot 5-Hot 7 bands.

He tours constantly so go see this band. The Red Rock shows are always great, the band gets fired for those (I still don't understand how they get fired up for anything since they always play at 150% but they do). I have seen him in places like Fargo SD to Red Rocks, CO and they bring it every single time. If he is playing within 500 miles of me I am in the car.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 06, 2022 10:40 AM (FF+On)

209 "Sicilian store owners"

Why I thought the ending of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing was incredibly stupid. I grew up in a Sicilian neighborhood in The Bronx. A real pizza shop owner in Brooklyn would have beaten Spike's character to death with the baseball bat behind the counter.

And then tracked down his family.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 10:40 AM (i0slg)

210 Prayers for all of those in need.

Posted by: Lola at August 06, 2022 10:41 AM (NIYa7)

211 A real pizza shop owner in Brooklyn would have beaten Spike's character to death with the baseball bat behind the counter.

ah yes

the ubiquitous baseball bat

I was saved from a home invasion in South Philly by a Good Samaritan who happened to be stopped in traffic in front of my house. He jumped out of his car, armed with baseball bat.

Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 10:42 AM (dCxaZ)

212 How much? I mahy have to start going to such auctions.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 10:37 AM (/NCI4)

The knives were $3 and the tools&hardware were $14. With buyer's premium and sales tax it totaled $21 and change.

I'm outbid on nearly every lot I bid on. Got lucky on this particular one. Some (dumbass) people bid up items to near 90% of new-in-the-box retail store prices with return privileges and warranties.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2022 10:42 AM (4I/2K)

213 I watched the vid about ten times and I can't locate the source of the knife
Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 10:37 AM (dCxaZ)

Thought it was to the right of the cash register, his hand appeared to be picking something up to me.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 06, 2022 10:43 AM (hOUT3)

214 I've gotten so skeptical of vaccines that I didn't let the vet gove doggeh anymore shots at his last annual.
He's had his puppy shots and one year booster, he's good

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 06, 2022 10:43 AM (gbzeC)

215
"gonna put the Sternly Worded Letter directly in his hand
Posted by: DB at August 06, 2022 10:31 AM (geLO

"

Strangely enough, that is the protocol!

Posted by: Moki at August 06, 2022 10:43 AM (JrN/x)

216 Some (dumbass) people bid up items to near 90% of new-in-the-box retail store prices with return privileges and warranties.

Yeah, that's what concerns me. You can get caught up in the enthusiasm at an auction.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 10:43 AM (/NCI4)

217 Oh, I see. The smoke shop owner was unfolding the knife to address the first perp, when the 2nd jumped over the counter, so he had to change his attack position.

Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 10:44 AM (dCxaZ)

218 "gonna put the Sternly Worded Letter directly in his hand
Posted by: DB at August 06, 2022 10:31 AM (geLO"
Strangely enough, that is the protocol!
Posted by: Moki at August 06, 2022 10:43 AM (JrN/x)

Am I wrong to think that the PRC ambassador will laugh and laugh during this event?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 06, 2022 10:45 AM (hOUT3)

219 205 If you haven't watched the Hageman ad in the sidebar, it is well worth the time. I think it expresses my sentiments exactly. Looking forward to more firebrands on our side.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 06, 2022 10:38 AM (Y+l9t)

Watched it yesterday. By the time she was done I was on my feet cheering and clapping.

Posted by: creeper at August 06, 2022 10:45 AM (cTCuP)

220 Oh, I see. The smoke shop owner was unfolding the knife to address the first perp, when the 2nd jumped over the counter, so he had to change his attack position.

That seems like an error. I want something immediately to hand, although one of those flippy-opening knives makes you look really badass and not someone to antagonize.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 10:46 AM (/NCI4)

221 To be frank, the medical sector could claim a cure for cancer next week and I'd think it was bullshit. They've completely destroyed their creditability with us.

It's a shame too. People who have legit medical issues and are wary of their own doctor will suffer. I know I will.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 06, 2022 10:46 AM (BFigT)

222 Had a coughing jag this morning when a piece of egg "went down the wrong pipe". Refreshed the page and at the top was an ad for "A genius way to survive choking when you are alone" with a man holding both hands to his neck in the universal distress sign for choking.

Hmmmmm.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 10:46 AM (kXYt5)

223 Maybe I should put a yellow sticky over my computer's microphone.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 10:47 AM (kXYt5)

224 201
HA!

Nonna was Calabrese. Papa was Sicilian.

That was an interesting household.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 06, 2022 10:36 AM (LsEU/)
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I wondered if anyone would get that.

Posted by: Ciampino - La Camorra as bad as La Cosa Nostra at August 06, 2022 10:47 AM (qfLjt)

225 I'm outbid on nearly every lot I bid on. Got lucky on this particular one. Some (dumbass) people bid up items to near 90% of new-in-the-box retail store prices with return privileges and warranties.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2022 10:42 AM

That's why I don't do auctions anymore. I used to follow the one the cops had when we lived in Connecticut and every single time the prices would be through the roof. A couple of times the final price was more than new retail.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 06, 2022 10:47 AM (bVYXr)

226 "They started testing for antibodies and she has nothing the first few times and then boom, antibodies started showing up. She was never sick, never lost taste or smell, etc." Posted by: Jordan61

my guess is many healthy people got it and recovered with minor symptoms, or none. They may have had "natural immunity" (?) or resistance coded into their t-cells/B-cells from earlier Covids. None of that type info was allowed into "The Conversation" as they were pushing their PsyOp.

imo the PsyOp was the absurd response, breaking all standards and protocols. Maybe the virus itself was a sort of WMD too, but the response got them lockdowns and all sorts of controls, (conservative) small business slammed ... still ongoing with "Emergency Status" for Monkeypox.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 10:47 AM (Cus5s)

227 >Am I wrong to think that the PRC ambassador will laugh and laugh during this event?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

you're supposed to laugh at a clown show- they should replace the White House with a circus tent

Posted by: DB at August 06, 2022 10:48 AM (geLO8)

228 Baseball bats are "innocent" but can be used as deadly weapons.

Antifa likes skateboards and bike locks.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 10:49 AM (i0slg)

229 Am I wrong to think that the PRC ambassador will laugh and laugh during this event?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

you're supposed to laugh at a clown show- they should replace the White House with a circus tent
Posted by: DB

I am inclined to favor the Geek Show tents.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 06, 2022 10:49 AM (FF+On)

230 >>Watched it yesterday. By the time she was done I was on my feet cheering and clapping.

So was pretty much everyone in the auditorium. One of the reasons I tried to catch some of Trump's rallies this year is that in places like Wyoming and Arizona he has brought on candidates like Hageman, Lake and Masters and let them speak.

I saw her give that speech live and she brought the house down. Lake and Masters were also very good. These people are not the old GOP establishment. They won't be perfect but they are lightyears better than the people they are trying to replace.

BTW, Trump is speaking at CPAC today.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2022 10:50 AM (ZLI7S)

231 pharmacists were refusing to fill HCQ prescriptions...
Posted by: illiniwek at August 06

Even for patients with auto immune disease. It took us a month and too many phone calls to get a renewal prescription for our daughter. Her doc was screaming on the phone to the pharmacist, asking if he knew how to treat my kid better than her.

Posted by: Moki at August 06, 2022 10:50 AM (JrN/x)

232 Looked around the kitchen...it was either toast or a Little Debbie fig bar w/coffee....fig bar won out.

Posted by: BignJames at August 06, 2022 10:51 AM (AwYPR)

233 >>A genius way to survive choking when you are alone" with a man holding both hands to his neck in the universal distress sign for choking.

I wouldn't think making the universal sign for choking would be all that useful when you are alone.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 06, 2022 10:52 AM (ZLI7S)

234 "Anyone know any good family lawyers in SE WI?"

One of the biggest disappointments of the internet is the lack of online legal services. I thought that was going to be something useful. 90% of legal stuff is just filling out the correct forms/papers in the correct order to the correct people.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 06, 2022 10:52 AM (qH6FZ)

235 >>I am inclined to favor the Geek Show tents.

Posted by: Lost In Space

Press Secretary = Sideshow Bob

Posted by: DB at August 06, 2022 10:53 AM (geLO8)

236
Am I wrong to think that the PRC ambassador will laugh and laugh during this event?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 06, 2022 10:45 AM (hOUT3)

Lol - he will accept it, and say things in a dialect the state officials can't understand that will be mocking and rude. And smile and nod at them genially the entire time.

Posted by: Moki at August 06, 2022 10:53 AM (JrN/x)

237 Yeah, that's what concerns me. You can get caught up in the enthusiasm at an auction.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 10:43 AM (/NCI4)

I'm brand new to auctions in general and online auctions in particular. A guiding friend told me to carefully read the auction's rules, their T&C, and their payment / pickup process before making any bids. Then research the prices/value of any interesting items by comparing to Amazon / Ebay etc.

Then set your maximum bid price factoring in drive time and distance, the buyer's premium (so far 13% to 18%) and angle for about 50% of retail as a starting point. Less or much less if used, damaged returns, well worn, etc. Maybe a bit more if you really really want/need that item.

Do all this before the "Live" part of the auction happens and stick to your max bid. Write it down for reference. You may not win with your bid but you won't overpay either.

So far, that has been most excellent newbie advice.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 06, 2022 10:53 AM (4I/2K)

238 Taiwan Official Leading Missile Production Died of Heart Attack, Report Says

https://tinyurl.com/3z4a3apk

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 06, 2022 10:53 AM (tUVd3)

239 Yeah, that's what concerns me. You can get caught up in the enthusiasm at an auction.
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Or accidentally scratching your nose makes the auctioneer think you've made a bid like in that Dick Van Dyke Show episode!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 06, 2022 10:54 AM (yikp0)

240 "Maybe I should put a yellow sticky over my computer's microphone."

and your phone ... and possibly all "devices". Your thermostat might be listening.

I hear they do voice to text, so they can keep their databases up to date on all our "needs".

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 10:54 AM (Cus5s)

241 Taiwan Official Leading Missile Production Died of Heart Attack, Report Says

https://tinyurl.com/3z4a3apk
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 06, 2022 10:53 AM (tUVd3)

A lot of that going around

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2022 10:55 AM (Irn0L)

242 One of the biggest disappointments of the internet is the lack of online legal services. I thought that was going to be something useful. 90% of legal stuff is just filling out the correct forms/papers in the correct order to the correct people.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 06, 2022 10:52 AM (qH6FZ)

What, and lose all those billable hours...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 06, 2022 10:55 AM (hOUT3)

243 I would french kiss a rattlesnake before I'd believe Chuck Schumer.

Posted by: irongrampa at August 06, 2022 10:55 AM (KATBx)

244 Good morning everyone

That top pic is practically perfect: outdoors, food, hot drink, beauty, full but not cluttered. Would hang.

Prayers up for written and unwritten requests. May God have mercy on us all.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 06, 2022 10:55 AM (K0jo2)

245 although one of those flippy-opening knives
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Are those called 'flick knives'?? [Contrasted with switch ones.]

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 06, 2022 10:55 AM (yikp0)

246 A lot of that going around
Posted by: Nevergiveup
___

And so soon after Nancy's visit.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 06, 2022 10:56 AM (tUVd3)

247 You need to put brown sauce on French toast. Maple syrup is disgusting savagery.

Posted by: stv at August 06, 2022 10:56 AM (gtOq8)

248 Her doc was screaming on the phone to the pharmacist, asking if he knew how to treat my kid better than her.

Posted by: Moki at August 06, 2022 10:50 AM (JrN/x)

Oh, you didn't know that this coof plandemic instantly transformed half the population into esteemed, credentialed virologist/immunologist/internal medicine specialists and fry cooks?

I had to shut down my Ph D relative who was bullying my disabled brother into getting the jab. I asked the relative if he had access to my bro's medical history, (I started out being very polite), and that didn't matter at. all.

Because my Ph D relative, his degree in a discipline FAR removed from any kind of medical science...all of a sudden was the expert.

So I told him he had his head up his ass.

Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 10:57 AM (dCxaZ)

249 BignJames, Little Debbie Oatmeal Pie and coffee. Viking breakfast!

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 10:57 AM (gktX6)

250 220
That seems like an error. I want something immediately to hand, although one of those flippy-opening knives makes you look really badass and not someone to antagonize.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 10:46 AM (/NCI4)
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Make sure your knife is legal in your jurisdiction. Length may be limited. Flick knives may not be legal everywhere.

Posted by: Ciampino - claim to be Sikh and have a dagger at August 06, 2022 10:57 AM (qfLjt)

251 *although one of those flippy-opening knives*

It's the one with the thing that goes up.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 06, 2022 10:57 AM (+RCNz)

252 246 A lot of that going around
Posted by: Nevergiveup
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And so soon after Nancy's visit.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming

I am quite sure there is nothing of significance to these totally unrelated events!

/s

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana! ~ at August 06, 2022 10:58 AM (hOUT3)

253 Make sure your knife is legal in your jurisdiction. Length may be limited. Flick knives may not be legal everywhere.

Posted by: Ciampino - claim to be Sikh and have a dagger at August 06, 2022 10:57 AM

Come to Texas, we can legally carry swords.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 06, 2022 10:58 AM (bVYXr)

254 although one of those flippy-opening knives
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Are those called 'flick knives'?? [Contrasted with switch ones.]

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 06, 2022 10:55 AM (yikp0)

butterfly...I think.

Posted by: BignJames at August 06, 2022 10:59 AM (AwYPR)

255 "I wouldn't think making the universal sign for choking would be all that useful when you are alone."

that was my first thought, but I assume that was just to get Muldoon to click on the link with the genius info necessary to survive the next choking incident.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 10:59 AM (Cus5s)

256 WI Maple Syrup

Why would I want cheese in my syrup?

Posted by: DaveA at August 06, 2022 10:59 AM (FhXTo)

257 A lot of that going around

Any acknowledgement of this phenomenon in msm?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 06, 2022 11:00 AM (K0jo2)

258 BignJames, Little Debbie Oatmeal Pie and coffee. Viking breakfast!

Posted by: Eromero at August 06, 2022 10:57 AM (gktX6)

Yeah, but I didn't have one.

Posted by: BignJames at August 06, 2022 11:00 AM (AwYPR)

259 I can honestly state that I have zero trust in doctors, lawyers, politicians, and pretty much all military brass.

The few here are exceptions that prove the rule.

The last two years have ripped the blinders off.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 06, 2022 11:01 AM (tUVd3)

260 It's the one with the thing that goes up.
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3" chainsaw ones??

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 06, 2022 11:01 AM (yikp0)

261 Kallisto, I'm so sorry you had to go through that with a relative. It's dumbfounding how people are reacting to this mess.

Posted by: Moki at August 06, 2022 11:02 AM (JrN/x)

262 Is there a more fun song than "Wooly Bully" by Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs?

Posted by: DB at August 06, 2022 11:02 AM (geLO8)

263 Posted by: Moki at August 06, 2022 10:50 AM (JrN/x)

Thank you for your kindness to me here.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 06, 2022 11:02 AM (K0jo2)

264 butterfly... I think.
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But not Chinese butterfly knives from Forged in Fire though!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 06, 2022 11:03 AM (yikp0)

265 butterfly...I think.

I think that's what I've heard it called.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 11:03 AM (/NCI4)

266 I frequently eat Vikings for breakfast.

Posted by: Chuck Norris at August 06, 2022 11:03 AM (+RCNz)

267 butterfly...I think.

I think that's what I've heard it called.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 11:03 AM (/NCI4)

Thats what they called them some years back. I would think it hasn't changed.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 06, 2022 11:05 AM (VwHCD)

268 butterfly...I think.

I think that's what I've heard it called.

I suppose calling it a flippy knife detracts from its badassedness.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 11:05 AM (/NCI4)

269 261 Kallisto, I'm so sorry you had to go through that with a relative. It's dumbfounding how people are reacting to this mess.

Posted by: Moki at August 06, 2022 11:02 AM (JrN/x)

It was offensive on so many levels.

My brother is disabled due to neurological issues. And I could see he was stressed when my relative was pressuring him about the jab.

That particular relative has been nowhere to be seen the many times my brother required assistance thru his numerous crises. So I doubt he'd be available to lend support if my brother experienced a serious reaction to the jab.

People are asshoe

Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 11:05 AM (dCxaZ)

270 Is there a more fun song than "Wooly Bully" by Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs?
Posted by: DB

Twist and Shout? Tough call. One of the greatest things I ever heard was the Springsteen band during the Born in the USA tour. That show was fine. What was great was the hour plus long encores of cover songs. The lights came up and they blew the place up with Wooly Bully and Twist and Shout being unforgettable. Best dance band on the planet that night until The Mavericks.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 06, 2022 11:05 AM (FF+On)

271 One of the biggest disappointments of the internet is the lack of online legal services.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 06, 2022 10:52 AM (qH6FZ)
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There's LegalZoom which offers forms for low price, but more importantly, most courts have all necessary pro se forms on their websites for no cost whatsoever (except, of course for filing fees.) Here's the Self Help section for NJ courts for example:

https://www.njcourts.gov/
selfhelp/index.html

Posted by: IrishEi at August 06, 2022 11:06 AM (3ImbR)

272
Thank you for your kindness to me here.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 06, 2022 11:02 AM (K0jo2)

Forgive me, I don't understand what you mean by that! I admit I'm a bit dense.

Posted by: Moki at August 06, 2022 11:06 AM (JrN/x)

273 I had some dreams
They were cheese in my syrup... cheese in my syrup

And you're sous-vide
You probably think this song is about you
You're sous-vide
You probably think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 06, 2022 11:08 AM (yikp0)

274 American Kestrel - I apologize! I thought you were being sarcastic, and then I wondered if I said something offensive, and now I just feel silly!

Posted by: Moki at August 06, 2022 11:08 AM (JrN/x)

275 Sirens heard in Tel Aviv

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2022 11:08 AM (Irn0L)

276 Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?

Thought never entered my mind. But since you ask, not by choice nor force.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 06, 2022 11:09 AM (K0jo2)

277 Clouds are breaking up and the sky is a beautiful azure blue. Been so hot and humid here it's been hard to spend any length of time outdoors but going to brave it today.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 06, 2022 11:09 AM (Y+l9t)

278 Muldoon, spouse and I both had COVID Jan 2022. About 2 weeks moderate symptoms. No shots at all for us: then; now; or future.

Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at August 06, 2022 11:10 AM (PHxng)

279 Those cinnamon rolls look good. They don't appear to be drowning in icing, a good thing.

Posted by: JuJuBee, fact checker hammered by events at August 06, 2022 11:10 AM (aWgmB)

280 There's LegalZoom which offers forms for low price, but more importantly, most courts have all necessary pro se forms on their websites for no cost whatsoever (except, of course for filing fees.)

My Dad was famously tight with a nickel, educated, and amassed a pretty large estate. He used LegalZoom to download will forms and filled them out. When we took it to our lawyer, he took one look at them and shook his head. Granted, he had a financial interest in discouraging use of such firms, but he turned out to be very, very right. My point is to be very careful in just assuming you can do what a lawyer can.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 11:11 AM (/NCI4)

281 I'm amazed that I missed any of the commentary here about CPAC and I'm pissed at myself that I've slacked off going anywhere else for information that I totally missed any part of CPAC.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 06, 2022 11:11 AM (woO3w)

282 the great thing about people is that will always disappoint you

there is a great comfort i relying on that

Posted by: REDACTED at August 06, 2022 11:12 AM (us2H3)

283 Good morning Horde. Never comment but I see a lot of the talk about covid I figured I throw my story into the pile. Wifey came back from Peru after 3 weeks and tested positive for covid after being vaccinated don't get me started and proceeded to give me covid. She was actually worse this time than the first time. Long story short she gave me covid and then at the same time I got Shiga toxin E coli poisoning and it put me in the hospital. I would have been fine with the covid it was just a bad flu i took the horse paste but that other thing oh boy what fun with the knife in the gut feeling and intestinal bleeding it was quite a roller coaster. After 3 weeks now just starting to recover. Well thank you for listening and back to your regularly scheduled program

Posted by: Benders Revenge at August 06, 2022 11:12 AM (YaF/t)

284 American Kestrel - I apologize! I thought you were being sarcastic, and then I wondered if I said something offensive, and now I just feel silly!
Posted by: Moki at August 06, 2022 11:08 AM (JrN/x)

I struggle to find a balance between too many words and too few. My bad. I was happy to see you in the comments because I have been wanting to tell you thank you for your kindness to me and for your kind heart in general. No sarc

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 06, 2022 11:13 AM (K0jo2)

285 Sirens heard in Tel Aviv
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I'm surprised that the news chyrons here have been showing that the Israelis have been defending themselves, making it clear that the P.A. is using massive rocket attacks; ignored the [supposed] killed 5-year-old someone mentioned here recently; and saying that an Israeli missile strike had gotten a major terrorist leader.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at August 06, 2022 11:13 AM (yikp0)

286 My point is to be very careful in just assuming you can do what a lawyer can.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 11:11 AM (/NCI4)
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I agree. I would only go Pro Se for very minor things like Landlord/Tenant or Small Claims (under $5g.) Much maligned attorneys are a necessary evil.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 06, 2022 11:14 AM (3ImbR)

287 Don't know if we've had the coof or not. Not gonna find out.

As far as I'm concerned, it's not that important to me to know if I've had it or not.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 06, 2022 11:14 AM (tUVd3)

288 Posted by: Benders Revenge at August 06, 2022 11:12 AM (YaF/t)

Hope you can rest and have complete recovery soon.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 06, 2022 11:16 AM (K0jo2)

289 Posted by: Benders Revenge at August 06, 2022 11:12 AM (YaF/t)
~~~~~

Whew! What an ordeal! Glad you're doing well now.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 06, 2022 11:16 AM (3ImbR)

290 Don't know if we've had the coof or not. Not gonna find out.

As far as I'm concerned, it's not that important to me to know if I've had it or not.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at August 06, 2022 11:14 AM (tUVd3)

This was just a trial run, anyway.

Posted by: BignJames at August 06, 2022 11:16 AM (AwYPR)

291 My dad spent money like he had a title or sumptin ?

Posted by: REDACTED at August 06, 2022 11:16 AM (us2H3)

292 Back in my day if you got the flu you would tie an onion to your belt. It was the fashion at the time.

Posted by: Geezer at August 06, 2022 11:17 AM (+RCNz)

293
Do not know whether I have had to Coof or not.
Do not care.

Do not test myself for Coof.
Do not care.

Do not take special precautions going out in public.
Do not care.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 06, 2022 11:18 AM (pNxlR)

294 As far as I'm concerned, it's not that important to me to know if I've had it or not.

It makes as much sense as testing for any of the other cold and flu viruses that exist. None that I can see.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 06, 2022 11:20 AM (K0jo2)

295 276 Are any of you non-vaccinated folks considering getting the newly EUA'ed Novavax COVID vaccine?

Thought never entered my mind. But since you ask, not by choice nor force.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 06, 2022 11:09 AM (K0jo2)

Mr. S. and I are getting over Covid. I had it first, then he got it from me and was pretty sick, though he is now on the mend. He was vaxxed and boosted, I was unvaxxed.

Not a pleasant experience and I expect it will take our older selves a while to get back to 100%, but am glad to have the antibodies now.

No plans for the vaxxes, ever, for me.
I was gratified to see that our tiny hospital was using the FLLCCC treatment guidelines here.

Posted by: sal at August 06, 2022 11:21 AM (y40tE)

296 My point is to be very careful in just assuming you can do what a lawyer can. Posted by: Archimedes

I have had a few occasions to hire a lawyer. The last time was an estate lawyer with decades of experience in dealing with New Mexico law. It took some real leg work to find the right attorney and I am glad I did. My estate transfers to my heirs immediately, skips probate, and if someone gets sporty and wishes to challenge the estate, good luck with that. The most expensive legal bill is hiring the least qualified lawyer you can find.

Same goes for financial stuff. I have used a CPA for years to do my taxes and worth every cent I pay for his skill. If the IRS gets all sporty over the next few years knowing I have a rock solid return is the best defense against those bastards I can think of.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 06, 2022 11:21 AM (FF+On)

297 Muldoon is featured in the new thread.

Posted by: KT at August 06, 2022 11:21 AM (rrtZS)

298 I haven't had the shot but I doubt seriously that the crud to do much to me

but I'm very careful cuz the wife has many medical issues and it would probably kill her

Posted by: REDACTED at August 06, 2022 11:22 AM (us2H3)

299 This was just a trial run, anyway.

??

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 06, 2022 11:22 AM (K0jo2)

300 The most expensive legal bill is hiring the least qualified lawyer you can find.

That's very well put. Stolen.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 06, 2022 11:23 AM (/NCI4)

301 "My point is to be very careful in just assuming you can do what a lawyer can." Posted by: Archimedes

Joint ownership or "transfer on death" seem to help a lot, for most financial assets. In my Mom's case I think we had everything like that. (not over the amount where the state wants a cut).

There may be different kinds of joint ownership, so details might be important to avoid any probate. So even in that case, an early lawyer consult would not hurt. Farm families now are forming coops or corporations ... almost certainly need a lawyer when getting into that kind of thang.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 06, 2022 11:24 AM (Cus5s)

302 If you work with public though, your boss will likely make you get tested if you develop the slightest cough.

The two coof tests I had to take were a result of my boyfriend getting the delta. I had to stay away from work for 2 weeks and pop negative before they let me back.

My test results were negative both times and I never came down with the coof

Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 11:24 AM (dCxaZ)

303 Back in the Before Times, I saw Springsteen's last arena show on the Born in the USA tour before they switched to all stadiums. At the Providence Civic Center it was. Large NJ contingent.

With the house lights up, half the crowd gone, and the light rigging guys come down, a genuine encore of Wooly Bully and Santa Claus (in January!).

Makes me sad.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 11:25 AM (i0slg)

304 It is not mRNA, more of a traditional preparation using a synthetically produced dose of spike protein with and adjuvant (immune response enhancer), given as two doses. I have some thoughts, but would be interested in other opinions. Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 09:49 AM (kXYt5)

The spike protein is looking more and more to be the toxic part of the shot. As someone pointed out, the irregularity of the reaction to the current shot has to do with the irregularity of the uptake of the mRNA and the spike protein, the higher doses creating a greater reaction. I would be interested in knowing if this new shot was more efficient in that it gets more spike proteins into the system, and if they also circulate to cause problems generally or stick in one spot and trigger immune responses.

The other problem with the mRNA is that it appears to overfocus the immune response on that particular protein, to the extent that it suppresses response to other proteins, and to mutated versions of the same virus. I would like to know if the new vaccine solves that problem.

I would also like to know if the new shot is for the current virus or the original "wild" wuhan type.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 06, 2022 11:25 AM (xhaym)

305 I suspect the EUA has been issued before any of these questions have been addressed.

I am mightily exhausted of management via emergency.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 06, 2022 11:25 AM (xhaym)

306 Posted by: Benders Revenge at August 06, 2022 11:12 AM (YaF/t)

Glad to hear you are doing better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 06, 2022 11:26 AM (dNqv+)

307 This was just a trial run, anyway.

??
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at August 06, 2022 11:22 AM (K0jo2)

The next engineered virus accidentally released will be much more effective.

Posted by: BignJames at August 06, 2022 11:26 AM (AwYPR)

308 I was gratified to see that our tiny hospital was using the FLLCCC treatment guidelines here.

Posted by: sal at August 06, 2022 11:21 AM (y40tE)

wow.

Now *that* is progressive!

Posted by: kallisto at August 06, 2022 11:27 AM (dCxaZ)

309 Fun is where you find it.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1555565401576247297
Posted by: Lost In Space at August 06, 2022 09:41 AM (FF+On)
Holy Crap! I looked up the guy's shirt to see who had just supplanted Florida man and Russian guy. If I'm not mistaken, that is Nebraska man. Waterboarding badgers is an original sin or fun for the whole family, depending your attitude.Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 06, 2022 09:51 AM (cupoy)

That Sir, is a young South Dakota farm boy dicking with a badger. And winning.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 06, 2022 11:28 AM (xhaym)

310 That's what happens when one wakes up thinking it's Sunday and his search engine, cluttered with ads, can't produce a CPAC schedule for 2022.

It appears that Trump and DeSantis have yet to speak.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 06, 2022 11:32 AM (woO3w)

311 Joint ownership or "transfer on death" seem to help a lot, for most financial assets. In my Mom's case I think we had everything like that. (not over the amount where the state wants a cut).

There may be different kinds of joint ownership, so details might be important to avoid any probate. So even in that case, an early lawyer consult would not hurt. Farm families now are forming coops or corporations ... almost certainly need a lawyer when getting into that kind of thang.
Posted by: illiniwek

My experience with lawyers that do this type of legal work is they are absolutely essential and generally have solid ethical standards. It isn't like hiring a criminal defense, ambulance chasers, or divorce lawyer. This is technical law that requires encyclopedic knowledge of the statutes and how to transfer that into legal documents that can withstand scrutiny. That is something of a closed end, finite legal situation; it won't be cheap but so what, the alternative is unthinkable.

Posted by: Lost In Space at August 06, 2022 11:32 AM (FF+On)

312
77 There is not a single agency in this country that is not corrupt. This breakthrough American battery tech was simply handed to China

Posted by: IrishEi at August 06, 2022 09:48 AM (3ImbR)

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It may not be as bad as NPR makes it sound. Vanadium flow batteries have been worked on for decades in lots of places. People with an agenda can manipulate reporters with a dramatic story, because mist reporters don't know anything.

I wonder if NPR has any interest in other stories about the US government screwing the public and treating us like the enemy? Probably not.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 06, 2022 11:36 AM (qOuMB)

313 Is this perhaps a tacit admission that the mRNA vaxxes have serious issues?
Posted by: Muldoon at August 06, 2022 10:06 AM (kXYt5)

a deeply cynical part of me thinks it is for the same reason Lake Champlain is considered one of the Great Lakes for federal regulation, transportation rules, and fisheries funding purposes. Otherwise Vermont would not be able to get some of that money the other states in the area get.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 06, 2022 11:38 AM (xhaym)

314 The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Texas 2022 will take place...Aug. 4 to Aug. 7.

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at 6:35 p.m. ET (5:35 p.m. CT) on Aug. 6.

EpochTV and NTD will livestream CPAC Texas 2022, starting at 10:45 a.m. ET (9:45 a.m. CT) on Aug. 6. Access the livestream on this page.

https://bit.ly/3dbp2vc

Posted by: Braenyard at August 06, 2022 11:41 AM (woO3w)

315 "The next engineered virus accidentally released will be much more effective."

This worries me greatly. Would you be shocked to learn that the Chi-Coms are using DNA databases to create a killer virus to target round-eyes?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 11:43 AM (i0slg)

316 Chi-Coms are using DNA databases to create a killer virus to target round-eyes?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 06, 2022 11:43 AM (i0slg)

Saw a piece on Tucker? last week.

Posted by: BignJames at August 06, 2022 11:47 AM (AwYPR)

317 CPAC's highlights, today - Events are subject to change, and all times are Central Daylight Time (CDT).
It's up right now

11:25 am – 11:40 am - Saving the West - Nigel Farage
12:55 pm – 1:50 pm - The Frontline Prescription, Ronny Jackson, Rich McCormick, Joseph Humire
1:20 pm – 1:40 pm - Wiping Up the Pooh - Gordon Chang,
4:50 pm – 5:20 pm - Glenn Beck
5:35 pm - President Donald J. Trump

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Posted by: Braenyard at August 06, 2022 11:50 AM (woO3w)

318 Thank you for the recommendations - I appreciate it a lot!

Posted by: Katja at August 06, 2022 11:51 AM (GDvjU)

319 There is a nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 06, 2022 12:00 PM (dNqv+)

320 1 No coffee today
Posted by: Skip's phone at August 06, 2022 09:00 AM (IAr9f)

wut

Posted by: m at August 06, 2022 01:39 PM (r8enq)

321 I am on a permanent coffee break, lost in the interwebs.

Posted by: Sarah at August 06, 2022 02:28 PM (S+WjR)

322 More and more doctors are speaking out against the mRna jabs, and journos and medical professionals who engaged in serious anti-jabber shaming are posting public apologies on social media.

The only acceptable apology is one offered to the Emperor,

Posted by: Fox2! at August 06, 2022 03:45 PM (fGpHS)

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