The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

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Good morning boys and girls and everything in between from the streets of Manhattan. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few house keeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Iron River)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. Don't be Pretti Good.
3) Running with sharp objects? You do the math there "Three Fingers".
4) Have a great weekend!!!

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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer
requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
3/28 – Hrothgar asked for prayers for a dear and long time close friend and former neighbor, Daniel,
who is scheduled for open heart surgery in mid-April. Prayers for his wife would be appreciated as well,
as she will be carrying a heavy load for the next few months.
4/18 Update – Daniel survived his complex open heart surgery. He is sitting up and it seems like it went
well, but they are not going to release him as quickly as he would like, so he is not happy. Thanks to the
Horde for the prayers and please keep praying for his dear wife, who now has even more to put up with.
5/16 Update – Hrothgar sends thanks for the prayers for Dan. Thanks to his attitude and the miracles
of modern heart surgery, Daniel is back home and in good spirits and mobile. He still has a lot of rehab
ahead, but it sounds like a pretty good recovery to be home only 20 days after being on the table!
3/28 – Jordan61 posted that Mr. Jordan61 is back in the hospital. His sepsis has returned and gotten into
where his compression fracture is, and he has vertebral osteomyelitis. The doctor is supposed to come
in today and let them know the plan.
4/9 Update – On 4/1 Mr. Jordan61 was released from the hospital with six weeks of IV antibiotics,
which Jordan61 is administering every 8 hours. He’s in a lot of pain; they’ve given him oxy, fentanyl, and
dilaudid, and nothing seems to touch it. From what they were told, the pain won’t subside until the
infection is cleared up. For the time being, he is bed-bound and they are limiting his movement as much
as possible to keep the pain to a minimum. Jordan61 will send updates with progress.
4/25 Update – Mr. Jordan61 is making slow but steady progress. He can get up and walk for short
periods of time, and can sit in the living room for an hour or so per day. He is halfway through the IV
antibiotics, with 3 weeks to go. A physical therapist will be coming to help him build strength and learn
how to move without aggravating his back injury. Thank you all for the prayers!
4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now.
Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also
jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
4/24 Update – Teresa in Fort Worth provided an update: The pump that was put in to battle cancer in
December can only be used for 6 months. After that, it starts to damage the liver. So she may have to go
back onto the medication that made her lose her hair and messed up her vision and nails, and then
return to this medication after a break. This is not good news, since this new medication is working so
well. But for now, she is doing well and is incredibly grateful for the time that she has been given so far.
4/11 – Eromero craves prayers for Mrs. E., as she has been diagnosed with lymphoma. She begins
infusions on 4/23.
4/25 Update – Mrs. E. reports that she feels fine. Praise be to God that she has had only one distressful
episode during the infusions. Thank you for all the past and continued prayers.
4/18 – neverenoughcaffiene asked that Devyn be kept in prayers. She is a young mother of 2 with a
mass on her esophagus. The Doc said it was scar tissue and hopefully the second opinion will agree.
5/16 Update – The doctor providing Devyn’s second opinion advised her to stay with the original
doctor. She will be having a biopsy sometime in the next week. Prayers are still needed.
4/18 – Smell the Glove could use some prayers as therapy and rehab occur after gout/sepsis.
5/2 Update – The gout has cleared and the infection in the lower back is healing.
5/18 Update – Smell the Glove may be out of rehab this week, but still would need wound care at
home. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes!
4/18 – Sam Adams requested prayers for a friend, Mary F, who was just sent to a long-term recovery
facility after having a tracheostomy.
5/2 Update – Mary’s breathing is improving, and they are weaning her off assisted breathing. She is
now off the ventilator for 12 hours a day, and they are aiming for 14 hours soon. Many thanks to all of
the Moron Horde for the prayers.
4/24 – Notsothoreau asked for prayers for a friend’s father (Cory), who needs prayers for strength and
peace as he is going through some troubled times.
4/27 – Matthew Kant Cipher sent his thanks to those who prayed for his friend Layne (who is also his
son’s FIL). The Horde may recall that in August, Layne was diagnosed with bladder cancer. He has since
undergone courses of chemo, immunotherapy, and radiation. His latest scans came back clean. The
cancer is in remission; praise be to God! Prayers are also humbly requested for Mrs. MKC, who is dealing
with a new flare-up of a GI condition that had been leaving her alone until a recent procedure re-
aggravated it. It is very frustrating/discouraging as she waits to see a new GI doctor.
4/25 – Retired Buckeye Cop asked that we would continue to lift his 16 year old grandson (LH) up in
prayers, as LH continues to consider the call to priesthood in the Catholic Church. LH recently went to a
meeting with a group of young men who are considering the priesthood.
4/25 – Fenelon Spoke asked for prayers for “I”, who Fenelon visited and anointed with oil, and prayed
for healing of her health concerns.
5/2 – neverenoughcaffiene requested prayers for parishioners at her church, who lost their newborn
daughter, Astrid.
5/7 – turambar asked for prayers for relatives. Mom needs prayers as she was admitted to the hospital
to check her heart and cardio. They did not find pneumonia. Two months ago, she fell at her assisted
living place, and broke her hip. She also has dementia. Turambar’s uncle fell recently and broke his hip,
too.
5/9 – D asked for prayers. He was let go from his IT job and has started a business making and selling
lens cleaners to make ends meet. Please contact Annie’s Stew if you’d like more information – either to
order lens cleaners, or if you’d like to contact him related to IT job openings (DBA/Network Admin).
5/11 – rez986 asked if anyone had an update on Neidermeyer’s Dead Horse’s health. The last info
Annie’s Stew has was from January, 2026, that he’d been given 6 months to live due to heart failure and
was being treated and waiting for a transplant at Mayo.
5/16 Update – Dash my lace wings! posted that NDH is recovering well. IrishEi posted that NDH did
receive a heart transplant and that she is doing well. She also posted a link to NDH’s X account, and her
fundraising page.
5/15 – Toad-O requested prayers for his second ex-wife, the mother of his two children. They were
divorced 25 years ago, and 3 years later, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the children came
to live with Toad-O. The ex-wife is now suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s, and has been living with
Toad-O’s daughter and her husband. The ex-wife fell last month and and cracked 2 vertebrae, and just
was taken to ER with a rapid heartbeat and low blood pressure due to dehydration. Prayers are
appreciated for her and also for the daughter who has sacrificed a lot to care for her.
5/16 – Anna Puma requested prayers for the family of Dan Fordice, who was killed when the aircraft he
was flying crashed. He leaves behind a wife, 3 children, and many friends. He was a Warbird flyer, a CEO,
and a veteran of the 2/20 th SFG.
5/16 – Tonypete asked for prayers for Jane who is dying of breast cancer, and for Cheri who is in jail
(again) for drug related crimes.
5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan, and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers
are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it
is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1
marked one year sine they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.
5/20 – E gave an update. She and her family were having financial struggles a few months ago, and
asked for prayers. E sends her thanks for the prayers, and wanted to let people know that things are
getting better, thanks to the Horde’s prayers and their church family. They have resolved their mortgage
issue and her husband has resumed his side gig making deliveries. They are also cutting monthly
expenses. They would like continued prayers as the deal with the insurance company of the person who
crashed into (and totaled) E’s vehicle. Insurance only offered half the replacement value, so that
struggle is still going on.
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.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but
not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 08:00 AM

Comments

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1 Prayers for all God's children.

Posted by: kingsman at May 23, 2026 07:29 AM (ehY6c)

2 Someone's been playing with the time machine again.

Current time: 07:29. Post time: 08:00

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2026 07:30 AM (O7YUW)

3 Time warp time.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 07:34 AM (jehhT)

4 Coffee! Yes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 07:36 AM (VyBeY)

5 I put ghee in my coffee.
I'm a gheezer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

6 Morning, caffeinators,

I'm finishing up my morning pot (ca. 4 cups) of coffee. Time for me to shave and get otherwise cleaned up. Later, haircut, library, and dropping some stuff off at the thrift store out in the 'burbs. I hope I can get the errands done before it rains.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 07:38 AM (wzUl9)

7 Not on the list, but prayers for "I used to have a different nic" who is awaiting the result of a biopsy of a mass found on his prostate.

Posted by: Halfhand at May 23, 2026 07:38 AM (IXblq)

8 "...and dropping some stuff off at the thrift store out in the 'burbs."

The more the better. Everything you own owns you.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 07:40 AM (2Ez/1)

9 "The more the better. Everything you own owns you.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty"

*eyes stockpile of dryer lint*

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:40 AM (vFG9F)

10 - @1 Kingsland

And also, especially for those who aren't, at this point, yet!

Posted by: TeeJ at May 23, 2026 07:42 AM (eisI8)

11 *eyes stockpile of dryer lint*
_____
Let's not get too hasty here...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 07:42 AM (2Ez/1)

12 It's Early!!

Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:43 AM (GD0B3)

13 Armenian coffee...

Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:44 AM (GD0B3)

14 So , What up dogs!!

Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:44 AM (GD0B3)

15 WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:45 AM (GD0B3)

16 11 *eyes stockpile of dryer lint*
_____
Let's not get too hasty here...
_-_
Makes great firestarter for the wood stove. Waste not want not.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 23, 2026 07:47 AM (2gJPm)

17 Good morning again dear horde with thanks to annie, mh, and you morons for praying

{grammie}
Hiya JT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

18 Good morning Horde,thx MisHum
A big thank you to the Horde for your prayers while I was in rehab for the infection I had. Came home yesterday and while I have to utilize a wound vac for a time it's good to be home

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 07:49 AM (flmKL)

19 Should be a huge travel weekend. I pray for safe journeys across the board. And please don't drive angry, you'll get there: Maybe NSFW due to F bomb

https://tinyurl.com/2vkdby5u

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 23, 2026 07:50 AM (w/O5Q)

20 "12 It's Early!!
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:43 AM (GD0B3)

13 Armenian coffee...
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:44 AM (GD0B3)

14 So , What up dogs!!
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:44 AM (GD0B3)

15 WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:45 AM (GD0B3)"

Talk about hitting the ground running. I'll have what he's having.

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)

21 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffiend. at May 23, 2026 07:50 AM (oftw2)

22 Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need. The prayers really do work and reinforce the recipients in their recoveries

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 07:51 AM (flmKL)

23 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 07:52 AM (Ia/+0)

24 Dryer Lint Trivia: It does make an excellent firestarter as suggested in the morning report comments, but this is not what you want in your home. The ducting needs cleaning periodically. Not simply the lint-trap. I guess it’s a more common source of house fires. I would not run a clothes dryer and leave the house unattended.

(For making firestarter for Camping use from Lint, you want Lint made from cotton clothes. Synthetics don’t work to catch sparks very well)

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 07:53 AM (BWpBM)

25 Its a jump to the left
Then a step to the right
Put your hands on your hips

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 07:53 AM (Ia/+0)

26 Dear Morons,

A praise report. My prayer to become a grandad has been answered and by the will of hashem Girl F. will have a baby in December. She still plans to attend graduate school but will delay for a year. Which also means they will be depending on us for child care which pleases me to the nth degree!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

27 Prayers for all

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 07:55 AM (dE3DB)

28
Rain has pushed off and the dogs have been given the chance to go out. I held off earlier because Diana doesn't like flashes and booms, poor thing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 07:56 AM (HdYcL)

29 Dreary day here in east, 50s and rain

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 07:57 AM (Ia/+0)

30 Rainy day
Too lazy to get up to brew coffee as that also means taking doggeh out

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 07:57 AM (dE3DB)

31 Good Saturday morning, horde!

Thanks be for this place where we can gather and pray for our friends, scattered as we are. Sometimes the internet is a wonderful thing.

Prayers have been said for all on the list, and the rest of you as well.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 23, 2026 07:58 AM (h7ZuX)

32 Is navel lint a good firestarter?

Posted by: Randy Senior Citizen at May 23, 2026 07:58 AM (oftw2)

33 @26: Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX
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Congratulations San Franpsycho. Wishing the best, good health and much happiness to you and your entire family.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (lsIOl)

34 My husband had a dryer lint fire, before we met. Took a year to rebuild the house.

On the other hand, there is a woman that "paints" using dryer lint. Pictures are amazing.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (7T8ei)

35 Went for a walk with esteemed spouse. There was a robin sitting on the top of a holly tree. It looked like the bird equivalent of an angel on the top of a Christmas tree, and as we came back I saw a allium ( which I guess someone had picked and then thrown on the ground) 😕I picked it up and will bring it home. An allium is part of the onion family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (m6Eem)

36 (For making firestarter for Camping use from Lint, you want Lint made from cotton clothes. Synthetics don’t work to catch sparks very well)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 07:53 AM
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I have a small Ziploc bag of it with my camping stuff. A few magnesium shavings and a shower of sparks from the flint and Robert's your dad's brother. Boom.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)

37 Thank Rufus

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

38 I have been freaking out about my eyesight. My eye dr says I have myopic macular degrneration.Prayers appreciated.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 08:00 AM (dE3DB)

39 And here is a picture of an allium:

https://tinyurl.com/3wcmn9bz

If you are able to and the weather cooperates consider going for a walk today. It's very nurturing for your spirit.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (m6Eem)

40 33 @26: Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX
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Congratulations San Franpsycho. Wishing the best, good health and much happiness to you and your entire family.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (lsIOl)

Congrats from here, too!

Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (tOcjL)

41 I have discovered that trying to learn to walk on a peg leg and drinking whiskey is not a good combination.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (XV/Pl)

42 3 Rainy day
Too lazy to get up to brew coffee as that also means taking doggeh out

Posted by: vmom

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Doggeh waits? Good doggeh!

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (gpQ8/)

43
A note about the Borzoi breeder S., who was badly injured in an accident at a field event at our National. Her dogs have been transported from Omaha to their home in West Texas and are being taken care of.

She is still in the hospital and is likely to be there for at least four to six months. Her leg was broken above and below the knee, vertebrae in the neck and back were broken and she had internal bleeding and a severe concussion.

She's about our age and so her recovery is likely to be slow and incomplete.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (HdYcL)

44 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 08:00 AM (dE3DB)

Will pray for you, vmom.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:03 AM (m6Eem)

45 Wait, actually just called myopic degrneration

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 08:03 AM (dE3DB)

46 Devyn had her biopsy this week and she's waiting on the results. Continued prayers are appreciated.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 23, 2026 08:04 AM (2NHgQ)

47 SanFranpsycho, B'sha'ah tovah

Posted by: Ben Had at May 23, 2026 08:04 AM (5P5DO)

48 "Went for a walk with esteemed spouse. There was a robin sitting on the top of a holly tree. It looked like the bird equivalent of an angel on the top of a Christmas tree..."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at 07:59 AM
++++++

Thoreau said "It's not what you look at. It's what you see."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 08:04 AM (2Ez/1)

49 Thank you nova

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

50 @39

>>If you are able to and the weather cooperates consider going for a walk today. It's very nurturing for your spirit.

Won't be walking proper for a while, but I will be rolling along side grandson today for the Veterans flag placement at the cemetery today.

Nothing better than watching a bunch of scouts scrambling around trying to outdue each other.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2026 08:05 AM (XV/Pl)

51 Thomas Bender but a skkll once mastered could be a great story

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 08:05 AM (Ia/+0)

52 vmom a prayer for complete and speedy healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

53 San Fran. Woo hoo, congrats to girl F and your entire family. Good news for a change.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 23, 2026 08:08 AM (2NHgQ)

54 @51

>>Thomas Bender but a skkll once mastered could be a great story

Oh I am determined to master it, it's just I'm pretty bummed about being layed up.

And the full recovery time is nothing to sneeze at, it's a year give or take.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2026 08:08 AM (XV/Pl)

55 Thank you Ben Had that is very kind

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

56 I have a small Ziploc bag of it with my camping stuff. A few magnesium shavings and a shower of sparks from the flint and Robert's your dad's brother. Boom.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

A staple of air-cooled VW meetups has been throwing an old VW engine half on the bonfire at night. That much magnesium makes a bright, huge conflagration. Don't think anything will grow on the spot for a century.

Posted by: Cheep Thrills at May 23, 2026 08:09 AM (oftw2)

57 Thanks nec

My subtle campaign of threats and intimidation (and praying) worked!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

58 Yeah - the magnesium bar from Doan’s machining co. White hot when burning.

Before matches, getting your pipe going was a bit of a trick. “Fire steel” and a piece of flint. I imagine they got good at it, but it was a pain in wet & windy weather. I made a Bow Drill once, and decided although it works great I will never go out to the remote sticks without about 6 different ways to get a fire going.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:12 AM (z1t++)

59 An orchestral Zappa is a fine way to start the day.

Posted by: Zoot Allures! at May 23, 2026 08:12 AM (oftw2)

60 The Smithsonian kerfuffle reminds me of something. We need to defund the Smithsonian, and divest its relics to private collectors ( no bid for foreigners, US citizens only, nor may they be sold to one later).

Our America-hating government can't be trusted to safeguard our heritage. They hate it with their whole hearts. Scatter it among private collectors.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2026 08:13 AM (BI5O2)

61 Dear Morons,

A praise report. My prayer to become a grandad has been answered and by the will of hashem Girl F. will have a baby in December. She still plans to attend graduate school but will delay for a year. Which also means they will be depending on us for child care which pleases me to the nth degree!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

Congrats! Raise them right!

Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 08:13 AM (GD0B3)

62 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

Isn't that wonderful news! Prayers for your daughter and husband the growing baby!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:14 AM (n3VHW)

63 A praise report. My prayer to become a grandad has been answered and by the will of hashem Girl F. will have a baby in December.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

This is wonderful news! More babies, please!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 23, 2026 08:15 AM (h7ZuX)

64 I’ve a small oval brass tobacco box, reproduction of a design once made by the Hudson Bay co., nicely made, it has a glass magnifier in the lid. If it’s sunny at least, you will be able to light your pipe.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:15 AM (z1t++)

65 Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2026 08:05 AM (XV/Pl)

Sounds like a very special day. Enjoy yourself and your grandson and the other scouts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:16 AM (n3VHW)

66 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I had an unusual encounter at Walmart this morning.

I met an old man who claimed to be the great grandson of Bushwhacker Bill Wilson, one of the inspirations for the Outlaw Josey Wales.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 08:16 AM (gnNyN)

67 "This is wonderful news! More babies, please!"
*******
Sorry. Full up right now.

Posted by: Little old lady shoe dweller at May 23, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

68 Wow, Hadrian, glad the Borzoi lady is on the mend, but that's an immense amount of damage from a doggie collision. Sounds like a world of hurt. Will continue to pray for her recovery.

Posted by: Square One at May 23, 2026 08:20 AM (oftw2)

69 I recall a static display of the B-29 Enola Gay in the 1990s, I think that might have been through the Smithsonian and they effed it up. At that time both the crew and war veterans were still alive and raised a ruckus. That isn’t the case any longer. Revisionists are like termites on a house. There is certainly room for a balanced approach to history, different perspectives, but that isn’t what’s going on.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:20 AM (z1t++)

70 24, spot on! I will only run the dryer when at home.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 08:21 AM (VyBeY)

71 Thanks, Annie's Stew for collecting all the prayer requests , for MisHum for posting them and for all the people who pray. . Prayer is so important!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (n3VHW)

72 Hey, all. Homelessness sucks. Overnight in car two nights, no sleeping. Next paycheck Friday. This is going to be rough. Pray for me. About ready to give up.

Poverty trap is real.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Jj3eo)

73 In one of the "bugout bags" I've got a set of ferro rods for starting fires. Didn't think about the dryer lint, but I think I'll start a stash in a baggie to add.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 08:23 AM (jehhT)

74 Thanks Fen, dash, runner

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)

75 San Franpsycho, congrats to you and the family.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 08:23 AM (flmKL)

76 *eyes stockpile of dryer lint*
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:40 AM (vFG9F)
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Saving it for a rainy day?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 08:24 AM (gnNyN)

77 72 Hey, all. Homelessness sucks. Overnight in car two nights, no sleeping. Next paycheck Friday. This is going to be rough. Pray for me. About ready to give up.

Poverty trap is real.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Jj3eo)

Please stop by your nearest Catholic Church (at least if you are US)...ask for help.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:25 AM (tOcjL)

78 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forever. Amen.

Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:25 AM (ZOv7s)

79 Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM

Do not give up! Is there anyone iin your community social services who can help?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:25 AM (n3VHW)

80 "...and dropping some stuff off at the thrift store out in the 'burbs."
*
The more the better. Everything you own owns you.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026

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Earlier this year I got rid of an old CRT portable TV I'd bought in 2005 and hadn't used in almost that long. There are clothes I want to get rid of -- they still fit, but I'm tired of them -- and some books too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 08:27 AM (wzUl9)

81 "Saving it for a rainy day?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"

According to the NY Post, I should never throw it away. I did not read further to find out why.

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 08:27 AM (vFG9F)

82 Brother Tim thanks for checking in Imma chant Ps. 90 for you today

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

83 >>A note about the Borzoi breeder S., who was badly injured in an accident at a field event at our National.

Yikes! Hit by the dog during lure coursing?

Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 08:28 AM (J4Dwc)

84 Thanks smell the glove.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)

85 If you find vintage Ohio Blue Tips, prior to the 1980s say, those are nice. “Strike Anywhere” matches are still made, but they are No Bueno now.

Tough to beat a Zippo in wind. Clink-flick-Whump!!

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:29 AM (lQYPV)

86 Dreary day here in east, 50s and rain
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026

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Just as dreary here: 80 or more, 100% humidity, drizzling off and on. The heat makes it tough to wear a hat and rain jacket, and an umbrella, even a compact one, is awkward to carry and easy to forget.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 08:30 AM (wzUl9)

87 Poverty trap is real.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Jj3eo)

Prayers for providence for you, Brother Tim. Whereabouts are you?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 23, 2026 08:33 AM (h7ZuX)

88 Poverty trap is real.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Jj3eo)

Please stop by your nearest Catholic Church (at least if you are US)...ask for help.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:25 AM (tOcjL)
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This is good advice. The churches should be open for daily Mass and you can take a nap on the pews without anyone having a problem with it and you will likely get offers of help, depending on the area.

One of the things I've learned since my wife started volunteering is that government assistance does NOTHING for poor people. It is all corrupt. All the grants, services, agencies, are just money laundering and rackets. Actual care is done by volunteers. Without church clothing drives and kitchens, the homeless would die and the government would just truck on.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:33 AM (ZOv7s)

89 44,000 people thrown out of their homes in L.A.due to a chemical leak

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

90 Fun fact: the entire budget for St. Vincent in the capital region is less than a mid-grade civil service salary. It's absurd.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:34 AM (ZOv7s)

91
Yikes! Hit by the dog during lure coursing?
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 08:28 AM (J4Dwc)

Yes, full tilt. That's a 90 pound dog moving at 25 mph.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:35 AM (HdYcL)

92
The Big Dummy does battle twice today in Kalamazoo. Grand Rapids KC show and, concurrently, the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty. Outdoor ring and it's raining today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HdYcL)

93 Yes, full tilt. That's a 90 pound dog moving at 25 mph.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I have noticed there are no senior citizens in the NFL.

Posted by: Joan Lunden at May 23, 2026 08:39 AM (oftw2)

94 The Big Dummy does battle twice today in Kalamazoo. Grand Rapids KC show and, concurrently, the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty. Outdoor ring and it's raining today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HdYcL)
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He has quite a busy schedule.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:40 AM (RIvkX)

95 The Big Dummy does battle twice today in Kalamazoo. Grand Rapids KC show and, concurrently, the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty. Outdoor ring and it's raining today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HdYcL)
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Welcome to Michigan! Both sites are about an hour from here.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:40 AM (ZOv7s)

96 Congratulations to you and all, SFp1

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 08:41 AM (VyBeY)

97 Montgomery, Alabama. Resources here are overstretched to garbage and not great to start with. Having difficulty contacting church folks, the holiday weekend maybe?

Punchline is I'm close to a housing solution but...no money, and time is not with me here.

Sick and tired of patches and time mismatches. Had funds for month but my head was a mess post surgery and radiation...and if I had the lead I have now I'd be much better off!

I don't know what God's playing at. Hope it benefits someone because it sucks for me.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:42 AM (8wSX6)

98 " ... Without church clothing drives and kitchens, the homeless would die and the government would just truck on."

periodically pulling a gun on the suckers and demanding more money.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 08:43 AM (VyBeY)

99 >>The Big Dummy does battle twice today in Kalamazoo. Grand Rapids KC show and, concurrently, the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty. Outdoor ring and it's raining today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HdYcL)

My class girl needs 4 points and a major to finish. Reserve BOW the last two days. Crap.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 08:43 AM (J4Dwc)

100 97 Montgomery, Alabama. Resources here are overstretched to garbage and not great to start with. Having difficulty contacting church folks, the holiday weekend maybe?

Punchline is I'm close to a housing solution but...no money, and time is not with me here.

Sick and tired of patches and time mismatches. Had funds for month but my head was a mess post surgery and radiation...and if I had the lead I have now I'd be much better off!

I don't know what God's playing at. Hope it benefits someone because it sucks for me.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:42 AM (8wSX6)

There are Saturday night vigils at all Catholic Churches, usually start between 5-6pm and end between 6-7pm. Go in, and wait for the end and talk to the priest or deacon (if their admin office isn't open) and ask for his help. They'll know how to get you help. You may want to wait til most folks are gone, just b/c they do tend to get mobbed right after Mass.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:45 AM (tOcjL)

101 Also: FUCK MY EMPLOYER. Boss thinks sticking someone at 12.33/hour for SIX DAMN YEARS in this economy is just peachy, apparently.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:45 AM (8wSX6)

102 Mornin’, All. Happy Saturday.

Oh, and BOOBS!

Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)

103
Welcome to Michigan! Both sites are about an hour from here.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:40 AM (ZOv7s)

Her Majesty was a Michigan resident for many years, mostly near Traverse City.

She's getting a distinctly chilly welcome from the Midwest people. As though to say, "Why are you here and not in Texas?" Ah, well. Some time ago when we lived in Ohio, we won the Rocky Mountain Borzoi Club specialty three years running. The Colorado people didn't want to see us in Denver after that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:48 AM (HdYcL)

104 You should have opened a Daycare Tim. Or Home Health Care. What’s wrong with you?

What’s your “Immigration Status”? Maybe a little “No Habla Inglis” would be helpful too.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:49 AM (Yr1lv)

105 There are Saturday night vigils at all Catholic Churches, usually start between 5-6pm and end between 6-7pm. Go in, and wait for the end and talk to the priest or deacon (if their admin office isn't open) and ask for his help. They'll know how to get you help. You may want to wait til most folks are gone, just b/c they do tend to get mobbed right after Mass.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:45 AM (tOcjL)
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This is good advice.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:50 AM (ZOv7s)

106 Seeing reporting $300,000,000,000 in stock market value was wiped out in China yesterday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

107 What’s your “Immigration Status”? Maybe a little “No Habla Inglis” would be helpful too.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:49 AM (Yr1lv)
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There are about 800 homeless people in the area, up from 500 a few years ago. During Covid, Biden flew in 500 Afghans, bought up a hotel to house them, and arranged for regular meals. The local homeless got nothing.

Tells you all you need to know.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:52 AM (ZOv7s)

108 Prayer up, Brother Tim.

Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

109 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (u82oZ)

110 Seeing reporting $300,000,000,000 in stock market value was wiped out in China yesterday.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)
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Earthquakes in China last week. Several tremors, 5.1, 5.0, 3.5. In a civilized country, it's nothing. In China with their crap building standards, whole apartment blocks came down. Government claims only a couple of people hurt.

Sure.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)

111 Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women and blessed it the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

St. John Baptist de Rossi, since you could hear confessions through the Church, pray for us.

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I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 08:54 AM (ksbjf)

112 Prayers ascending for those good people in need, and for those with unstated needs known to God.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 08:54 AM (u82oZ)

113 Brother Tim, hold on and do as some suggestion looking for some help

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 08:54 AM (Ia/+0)

114 Almost time I got rolling. Hope the rain holds off. See ya on the Pet Thread, all!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 08:55 AM (wzUl9)

115 *Seeing reporting $300,000,000,000 in stock market value was wiped out in China yesterday.*
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at May 23, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

116 Someone's been playing with the time machine again.

Current time: 07:29. Post time: 08:00
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2026 07:30 AM (O7YUW)

There as disturbance in the Force. I posted a comment and then the Prayer Thread went "poof" and then it came back.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 08:56 AM (ksbjf)

117
Earthquakes in China last week. Several tremors, 5.1, 5.0, 3.5. In a civilized country, it's nothing. In China with their crap building standards, whole apartment blocks came down. Government claims only a couple of people hurt.

Sure.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)

The 50-Cent Army will tell you, "China infrastructure incredible! US awful."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:57 AM (HdYcL)

118 Dear Morons,

A praise report. My prayer to become a grandad has been answered and by the will of hashem Girl F. will have a baby in December. She still plans to attend graduate school but will delay for a year. Which also means they will be depending on us for child care which pleases me to the nth degree!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

Grandchildren are such a joy. I think that they're God's way of rewarding us for not selling our teenaged children to the traveling Gypsies.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 08:59 AM (ksbjf)

119 Have cawfee
Getting dog food ready

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 09:00 AM (gDlxJ)

120 The 50-Cent Army will tell you, "China infrastructure incredible! US awful."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:57 AM (HdYcL)
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Japanese commentary is particularly withering. "5.0? We don't even wake up for that. Doesn't even spill the coffee. A 7.0 will flatten your entire country."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:01 AM (ZOv7s)

121 San Franpsycho

Grandchildren are true wealth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 09:01 AM (u82oZ)

122 Aaight. Going to try to hold on to evening Catholic mass and see what can be managed. Plus side, rain in the area is keeping temperatures down, and this Walmart parking lot isn't scenic but I don't get hassled.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 09:02 AM (8wSX6)

123 Congrats GranDad Franpsycho!
And thx for the prayers

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 09:02 AM (tcsrY)

124 So the Plantation Simulator game, where you have to whip your slaves to keep production up, but if you whip them too much they die, has updated:
Now all the slaves are white.

And it's getting review bombed for its lack of diversity and whitewashing history.

Lol

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 23, 2026 09:02 AM (73/SM)

125 119 Have cawfee
Getting dog food ready
Posted by: vmom deport deport
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Breakfast of champions.

Posted by: Purina Morning Chow at May 23, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)

126 What's it like to have an adult with autism?

This guy at RCP nails it.

https://tinyurl.com/4fht4h3c

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:03 AM (RIvkX)

127 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I am highly amused when the Japanese dump on China and their QA standards. Glad they are on our side these days.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 09:04 AM (u82oZ)

128 122 Aaight. Going to try to hold on to evening Catholic mass and see what can be managed. Plus side, rain in the area is keeping temperatures down, and this Walmart parking lot isn't scenic but I don't get hassled.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 09:02 AM (8wSX6)

Good - keep us updated tonight on how they help and how you are!

Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 09:04 AM (tOcjL)

129 Thanks salty, vmom, and buckeye cop!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)

130 Have a great day, everyone.

May blessings enfold you and hold you and yours safe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ)

131 One of the things I've learned since my wife started volunteering is that government assistance does NOTHING for poor people. It is all corrupt. All the grants, services, agencies, are just money laundering and rackets. Actual care is done by volunteers. Without church clothing drives and kitchens, the homeless would die and the government would just truck on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:33 AM (ZOv7s)

As we've been learing [sic], the grift and fraud is the real purpose of all of these programs. If the objective was to really get money to the poor, the Democrats would be outraged by the fraud. But they're not, they're only angry that their game has been exposed.

There's so much money involved, politicians (in both parties) have been dipping their beaks, and regulators have been bribed to ignore the fraud.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:07 AM (ksbjf)

132 One LA Homeless program blew $400 M on 1400 people.

400000000/1400=285,714

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

133 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!

May God shower all of His beloved children with mercy and grace this day.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Happy Memorial Day weekend. Let us pause and give thanks for those who died so we could live in freedom.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 23, 2026 09:09 AM (D/6p1)

134 Brother Tim -- you still need to stay in your current area for your job, correct? Your job isn't remote-friendly?

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:10 AM (FMtrg)

135 Prayers for my Uncle Jeffs family.
He was buried on Tuesday.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)

136 I remember a 4.3 earthquake hit Dallas in 2013. Anti-drilling activists claimed that it proved Oil Production will Kill Us All, but the best meme came from someone who posted a picture of a sofa with a throw pillow on the floor next to it, captioned “Dallas Earthquake 2013 - We Shall Rebuild!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 09:11 AM (U0opd)

137 One LA Homeless program blew $400 M on 1400 people.

400000000/1400=285,714
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Dinner tonight?
Sure, what time?

Posted by: The French Laundry at May 23, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

138 Happy Memorial Day weekend. Let us pause and give thanks for those who died so we could live in freedom.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 23, 2026 09:09 AM (D/6p1)

Since 1980, there have been over 63,670 active-duty military deaths. The majority of these deaths, about 84%, were due to accidents, illness, and suicide rather than combat.
Accidents: 29,948 deaths
Illness: 11,485 deaths

Soldiering and Sailing and Flying can be dangerous.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:14 AM (/+uur)

139 I am highly amused when the Japanese dump on China and their QA standards. Glad they are on our side these days.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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The Chinese were shooting shells filled with sawdust at them in the Battle of the Yalu River back in 1894. They've got a lot of experience.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 23, 2026 09:15 AM (XvL8K)

140 As we've been learing [sic], the grift and fraud is the real purpose of all of these programs. If the objective was to really get money to the poor, the Democrats would be outraged by the fraud. But they're not, they're only angry that their game has been exposed.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:07 AM (ksbjf)
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There has been a major cultural shift within liberalism. On the one hand, they still chant about helping the poor, but they are remarkably indifferent as to whether it happens.

I think this is a result of Pelagianism becoming mainstream among the Democrats, aka Cheap Grace. Basically, their good intentions render them proof against any form of moral judgement, and they should suffer no consequences for failure because they meant well. This also renders them incapable of self-correction.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)

141 Earthquakes in China last week. Several tremors, 5.1, 5.0, 3.5. In a civilized country, it's nothing. In China with their crap building standards, whole apartment blocks came down. Government claims only a couple of people hurt.

Sure.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)

It's not just that everything is build of Chinesium over there. A number (how many I don't know) of Chinese engineers are actual frauds.

There was a Taiwanese kid in my cohort back when I was getting my Mechanical Engineering degree. He told us that there were students from Communist China that were not who they purported to be. Apparently the scam that the CCP played was that a smart peasant would get the degree in behalf of some CCP official's idiot kid.

Thus we see entire apartment buildings tipping over in the mud, and bridges falling off of their anchor-points.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)

142 Happy Saturday!

Prayers for the horde.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2026 09:18 AM (X8xt3)

143 137 One LA Homeless program blew $400 M on 1400 people.

400000000/1400=285,714

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The performance of civic good is completely incidental to the primary goal of putting taxpayer money in the right pockets.

Gavin Newsom is the very face of this principle in CA.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 09:19 AM (u/oMr)

144 Soldiering and Sailing and Flying can be dangerous.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:14 AM (/+uur)
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This reminds me of the fake fiscal conservatives wringing their hands about the rate at which retired veterans collect disability. News flash: the military life breaks you down even if you never see combat. Of course, they're Super Patriots, they just prefer their social inferior to be barred from their gated communities.

For budgetary reasons, of course. And they will drag out office REMFs like Combat Lawyer David French who will point to his single enlistment (most of it spent in the schoolhouse), as authoritative.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)

145 >>One LA Homeless program blew $400 M on 1400 people.

400000000/1400=285,714

In another interview, Pratt said there was a program where an NGO was given about that much, used it to by a retirement home (and paid twice the price for the property = graft), then charged the government $400k per bed for a homeless person -- but never moved anyone in.

Literally free, unaccountable tens of millions!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2026 09:21 AM (X8xt3)

146 "He told us that there were students from Communist China that were not who they purported to be."
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Shocking.

Posted by: Claude Rains at May 23, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

147 Thus we see entire apartment buildings tipping over in the mud, and bridges falling off of their anchor-points.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)
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Yes, and I find it difficult to believe their martial culture and military leadership is any better. When essentially the entire general officer corps is vulnerable to bribery charges, it's an endemic problem.

I think there's a book about this...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

148 The whole plan of Marxism is to break the system and replace it with their utopia. Giving massive funds to the useless does that

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 09:23 AM (Ia/+0)

149 as we came back I saw a allium ( which I guess someone had picked and then thrown on the ground) 😕I picked it up and will bring it home.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (m6Eem)

Careful. Not all of them are legal...

(whistles to self while sauntering towards the exit..)

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 23, 2026 09:23 AM (nbLIj)

150 > "government assistance"

If ever there was an oxymoron.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 09:24 AM (jehhT)

151 ...

the Democrats would be outraged by the fraud. But they're not, they're only angry that their game has been exposed.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:07 AM (ksbjf)
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There has been a major cultural shift within liberalism. On the one hand, they still chant about helping the poor, but they are remarkably indifferent as to whether it happens.

I think this is a result of Pelagianism becoming mainstream among the Democrats, aka Cheap Grace. Basically, their good intentions render them proof against any form of moral judgement, and they should suffer no consequences for failure because they meant well. This also renders them incapable of self-correction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)

Perhaps some of the rank-and-file Dems have good intentions, but I doubt that Dem politicians are motivated by any other motives than obtaining power, money and sex.

You and I are in agreement in our evaluation of collectivism: It requires the commissions of the Sins of Pride, Wrath, Envy and Theft. Any feelings of agape' are completely missing.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (ksbjf)

152 The ongoing US revival of military culture shows that wokeness/corruption must be *imposed* and that without it, the traditional martial virtues of the West will reassert themselves.

Raising standards actually increases interest. Young men long to go on quests, to be the hero - not Main Character, but actually accomplish something. I saw an anecdote on twitter that during a siege, Napoleon noted that one battery was in a vulnerable position, but it was crucial to his plan. Troops were shying away from serving there.

So he declared that battery could only be manned by men without fear. No one else would be permitted to serve there. That was it's formal name: Battery For Men Without Fear. It was immediately where all the crews wanted to serve.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)

153 I think this is a result of Pelagianism becoming mainstream among the Democrats, aka Cheap Grace. Basically, their good intentions render them proof against any form of moral judgement, and they should suffer no consequences for failure because they meant well. This also renders them incapable of self-correction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)

The idea makes good sense, and also explains how the door was opened to absolute corruption at all levels of the Dem Party. Uniparty Republicans are just as bad in their own way, but at least Trump is trying to clean those Augean Stables. (Just look how Mad they are about Cornyn and Cassidy)

But the left is so bad that it’s now truly impossible for any decent or honest person to hold any party position of responsibility or leadership. I don’t care for Co. governor Polis, but at least he did an honorable and decent thing in freeing Tina Peters. It was an act of mercy and justice, yet he was immediately censured by his own party for doing it, and he will never hold another political office in that state.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (U0opd)

154 I believe that it is just about impossible to Do Good with government money.
There are too many chances to do wrong, too many regulations and rules, and too many opportunities to become an extension of bad governing.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (/+uur)

155 I think this is a result of Pelagianism becoming mainstream among the Democrats, aka Cheap Grace. Basically, their good intentions render them proof against any form of moral judgement, and they should suffer no consequences for failure because they meant well. This also renders them incapable of self-correction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)
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They think their "good" intentions are sufficient without regard to actual outcomes. Their intentions are better than your intentions which are foul and evil. This also renders them good and you evil.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:26 AM (RIvkX)

156 Good morning, prayer warriors!

I just want to put the word out that we are looking for a replacement vehicle for the one that was totaled. We are looking for something cheap and reliable. We are accustomed to driving Toyotas well past 300k miles, for instance, so we aren't afraid of age and mileage in a vehicle like that.

Due to my husband's mobility, he needs something with a middle-range entry height, like a minivan or small pickup or small/medium SUV. It's difficult for him to lower himself into a sedan or climb up into a tall pickup. This will also be our tow vehicle for a 3,500 lb trailer.

We live in the mid-south and don't mind going to neighboring states for a good deal. So if anyone comes across a suitable candidate for us, will you let me know, please? The insurance company has offered $2600 for our totaled vehicle (about half of replacement cost). Thank you!

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:26 AM (FMtrg)

157 This also renders them incapable of self-correction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)

To be fair, they do this only for the Common Good!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 09:27 AM (hOUT3)

158 Perhaps some of the rank-and-file Dems have good intentions, but I doubt that Dem politicians are motivated by any other motives than obtaining power, money and sex.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (ksbjf)
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Current Dems politicians are wolves among the sheep. All of them are sexual perverts in some way. Their voters just want to feel good about themselves and are fighting the old ennui by imagining Nazis are everywhere and their heroic yard sign will keep them at bay.

Yeah, Marxism is just a Christian heresy perverting virtues into vices. That is why it always targets the Church.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)

159 Prayers up for all that need them,

which last time I really looked was all of us!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 09:29 AM (hOUT3)

160 But the left is so bad that it’s now truly impossible for any decent or honest person to hold any party position of responsibility or leadership. I don’t care for Co. governor Polis, but at least he did an honorable and decent thing in freeing Tina Peters. It was an act of mercy and justice, yet he was immediately censured by his own party for doing it, and he will never hold another political office in that state.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (U0opd)
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Yes, mercy for themselves, none for their enemies. They are wholly given over to wrath, and want to feel their enemies suffer. They are just convulsively lashing out, filling the void where God should be with hate and self-love.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

161 Thus we see entire apartment buildings tipping over in the mud, and bridges falling off of their anchor-points.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)
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Yes, and I find it difficult to believe their martial culture and military leadership is any better. When essentially the entire general officer corps is vulnerable to bribery charges, it's an endemic problem.

I think there's a book about this...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

On top of that, their military hardware has been found to be lacking. While I'm certain that some of the failures of the Iranian HQ-9 SAMs were due to typical Arabian lack of maintenance of said hardware, the HQ-9 SAMs are samples of Chinese engineering and the U.S. military completely pantsed them within hours.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)

162 Since it came up, I'm going to spin a crazy counterfactual about the Senate. Thune is a double agent. It's all an op. Thune knows his caucus is weak, and that he can't even get 50 votes for the Save Act.

He cannot admit this. So instead he keeps kicking the ball down the field, and in the process he's getting the squishes in his caucus fired by the primary voters.

But wait, there's more! He's also driving GOP voting enthusiasm to presidential year heights. Look at how many people are voting in the primaries. It's unprecedented for so many sitting senators to get whacked like this. Never ever happened before. The Save act is wildly popular, so why not base the election on it?

It's a fun thought.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

163 Thank you Mis Hum and Annie's Stew.

Club size, No-Name Instant coffee with honey has never tasted this good, until tomorrow morning. It's cool and rainy. My friends' cat Snowflake was at my patio window at 6:30am. I dried her up.

Her and the dog Ralphy haven't been outside yet.

Time to read the thread and comments. Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 23, 2026 09:35 AM (Sco7b)

164
Raising standards actually increases interest. Young men long to go on quests, to be the hero - not Main Character, but actually accomplish something.

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In the naval battle off Cuba in the Spanish-American War, the plan was to sink a blockship to obstruct the Spanish leaving the harbor. The commander of the expedition signaled the US ships asking for volunteers for a suicide mission. The replies were along the lines of "Every man aboard wants to go" and "We can provide 300 men."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 09:35 AM (HdYcL)

165
It does make an excellent firestarter - a limerick

Said a young forest ranger named Clint
"Buying fire starters is money well-spent.
But it can be a little dicey
'Cause the storebought ones are pricey
So I decided to give them up for Lint!"

Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 09:36 AM (qgHp7)

166 On top of that, their military hardware has been found to be lacking. While I'm certain that some of the failures of the Iranian HQ-9 SAMs were due to typical Arabian lack of maintenance of said hardware, the HQ-9 SAMs are samples of Chinese engineering and the U.S. military completely pantsed them within hours.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)
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Point of order: Iranians are Persian, not Arabs. Very different culture.

China's QC is indifferent at best. Export weapons are breaking wherever they are being used. Look up Thailand's defective tanks for more proof. Do the domestic models work better? No one knows.

It's pretty cool to see my Three Generations Problem be proven in real time. I thought it only applied to the military, but every aspect of mainland China's culture has been corrupted.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)

167 Raising standards actually increases interest. Young men long to go on quests, to be the hero - not Main Character, but actually accomplish something. I saw an anecdote on twitter that during a siege, Napoleon noted that one battery was in a vulnerable position, but it was crucial to his plan. Troops were shying away from serving there.

So he declared that battery could only be manned by men without fear. No one else would be permitted to serve there. That was it's formal name: Battery For Men Without Fear. It was immediately where all the crews wanted to serve.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)

The Spanish "Blue Division" that Franco sent to the Russian front to fight with the Germans during WWII did something similar. They raised an assault infantry battalion within the Blue Division called the "Battalion of Death."

The Germans were actually quite impressed with the fighting ability of the Blue Division and gave them 5 or 6 Tiger tanks in 1942 -- the Tiger was brand-new and in short supply, even in the German military.

Of course, this allowed Franco to ship his most rabid anti-Communists trouble-makers to Russia.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:38 AM (ksbjf)

168 So I decided to give them up for Lint!"

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I hope this doesn't 'ignite' another 'flame war'.

Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 09:38 AM (qgHp7)

169 I called the state insurance commissioner and learned that my expectations for auto insurance were unrealistic. I thought drivers carried insurance so that they could make whole any damages they caused, so if an at-fault driver totaled our vehicle, his insurance would provide the funds to buy another of "like kind and quality." But no, the insurance only pays about what the vehicle is worth as a trade-in. Hint: you can't buy a car at its trade-in value price.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:40 AM (FMtrg)

170 162 Since it came up, I'm going to spin a crazy counterfactual about the Senate. Thune is a double agent. It's all an op. Thune knows his caucus is weak, and that he can't even get 50 votes for the Save Act.

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I was just reading this morning that here in SD his approval rating was 55% in March. Now it's at 28%. Not sure when he is up for reelection but hopefully by then it's at about 2% and we can boot his ass.

Posted by: Mollly k. at May 23, 2026 09:40 AM (j/yko)

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