The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Hopefully everyone here today still has all of their digits, eyes, ears and hair after the Big Birthday Bash Fireworks.

Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Spokane)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice.
3) At this point in time, what is the rule about running with sharp objects?
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:
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).
6/1 Update – Teresa had a CT scan and has seen the surgeon. Everything looks good/stable. There are no new tumors and the ones that are there have pretty much stayed the same or shrunk. No metastises seen. Additional good news is that she can stay on the current medication, and just alternate it with other meds. She continues to respond extremely well to the protocols. She sends her gratitude for each and every prayer.
6/19 – Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update. Her cancer marker numbers continue to go down; hopefully that means everything is working! In other news, she has started working on another stocking, this time for her grandson, who will be implanted soon via IVF. Prayers for a successful procedure and pregnancy would be greatly appreciated!
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 since they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.
6/24 Update – Everything is going well. The chemo seems to be working, but it’s very hard. The prayers help, so please keep praying for them.
5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
6/2 Update – I used to have a Different Nic sent in an update. He has been diagnosed with risk group 2 prostate cancer. It appears to be localized to the prostate but this will be verified via another scan. He has doctor appointments lined up for the next month or so before he starts treatment.
6/23 Update – The latest update is that he has stage 2, “unfavorable intermediate”, which he notes is an awful name, but what it means is, it is in the middle, but bad enough that they want to treat it. It’s more aggressive than previously thought. He is at the point where he has to decide on treatment options, which means choosing which set of pretty unfortunate side effects he prefers.
7/6 Update – He has gotten a second opinion, and selected the option for treatment, which should begin next week.
6/18 – buzzion asked for prayers for a friend named Christina, who has struggled with drug addiction and is in jail again. Buzzion prays that this really is rock bottom and a true wake-up call for her – even if it requires her to stay in jail.
6/29 Update – Christina’s family bonded her out of jail and she has checked into a rehab facility. Please pray that she gets the help she needs.
6/20 – bluebell gave an update on grammie Winger. Grammie had some major surgery related to her cancer in March and is pretty much housebound. She said she isn’t keeping up on news since her diagnosis; she doesn’t have the energy. She said she thinks of her grey-box friends often with fondness. Please keep praying for her. Your prayers are a source of great comfort to her.
6/27 Update – grammie winger requested bluebell to let the Horde know that she is hospitalized again, with sepsis, and cannot eat or walk. She is very tired and cannot speak for long. She is being fed by tube. They don’t know how long she will be hospitalized or where she will go after (rehab, hospice, etc.). Bluebell has a mailing address for grammie, so please contact bluebell to send a card or note to grammie winger. Please pray for her, that her suffering will be eased, and pray for her family, who are suffering along with her.
7/4 – grammie winger posted her thanks for the sweet, sweet cards and letters. She said she treasured each and every one of the Horde reprobates. She can’t express the love she has as she sits there in the cancer hospital.
6/20 – Polliwog the ‘Ette said that prayers for Inspector would be much appreciated. Inspector is still in the hospital. They are working on getting his strength up so it’s safe for him to go home. He is more alert and focused than when he was admitted, and he has been able to eat multiple full meals, which is an improvement and will help him continue to improve.
6/21 – B posted a request for prayers. He said that, due to his own shortcomings, and a moment of madness 6 years ago, B has been estranged from his two sons (age 41 and 36). He has tried to reach out and apologize to them over the past 6 years, to no avail. B asked the Horde to pray for their hearts to open, to allow him to properly apologize, and try to be the father he should have been. The boys are losing their mother to early-onset Alzheimers, and B needs them to know that he’s a better person today than he was then, and he can be counted on.
6/27 – Tom Servo posted prayers of thanks to God that his 38 year-old daughter, who was released from a psych hospital this week after a particularly bad breakdown. She has 2 children, which she does not have custody of, but she still sees, and they are wonderful. She has received more professional care, and it appears to have helped quite a bit. She has new medication and a new commitment to living in a way that will keep her from making a return trip to the hospital.
6/27 – George V sent his thanks to the Horde for their prayers. We had prayed for his wife in May, when she had a heart valve replacement, and there were indications of problems in her lymph nodes. She received the biopsy results, and both came back negative for cancer! Thank God for his goodness!
6/27 – “A” sent thanks for the prayers for a family friend, who is at home recovering with the family and doing much better. “A” has an additional request for long-time friends (J and S) who are in the midst of intense family problems and requesting healing, peace, repentance, and restoration in the family.
7/2 – Publius asked for prayers for his 96 year old mother, who had emergency surgery when a massive hematoma on her leg ruptured, and they couldn’t stop the bleeding due to her being on blood thinners. Things were not looking good, but Publius posted later she received blood thinner reverser medication, and was fully conscious and alert after surgery.
7/3 – San Franpsycho posted that Mrs. F. was admitted to the hospital from the ER visit, and asks for prayers for a complete and immediate recovery for her. She was conscious enough to phone him late last night, and it was a great relief that she was awake even for a short period. She continues with IV fluids and atb. Further steps and hopefully improvement await the results of lab tests. The caring concern shown by so many morons has been a great relief. Thank you.
7/5 Update – Mrs. F. remains hospitalized while being treated for salmonella poisoning. She has had some improvement, but is on Day 5 of not being able to keep down any nourishment.
7/4 – Duke Lowell humbly asked for prayers for the nurses who will have to put up with him, when he goes in for (hopefully the last) surgery related to the events of last September.
7/4 – AH Lloyd requested prayers for his aunt, who was in a shattering collision on 6/29. She was hit by a semi at full speed through an intersection. She lost a lot of blood, but is out of ICU now.
7/4 – Random Dave posted the good news that the past week of interviews went very well. He also had a prayer request for his grand-niece, who has not been growing properly. She’s about 5 or 6. The growth plates are fine but has not grown in over a year. They have found an intestinal or bowel blockage and may need surgery.
7/4 – Dr. No sent his thanks for the prayer list and the Horde’s prayers that helped his daughter in her recoveries from (a) cancer and (b) knee replacement surgery. She’s doing fine now.
7/7 – Weak Geek asked for prayers for the survivors of RG and KG, a couple in their 90s who were pillars of their church for decades. They were knifed to death on 7/3 by their grandson. The entire congregation is stunned. Please pray for them too, and the pastor, trying to help deal with the tragedy.
7/7- Mis Hum is asking for prayers for Some Rat. He has some serious health issues at this time.
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 07:25 AM

Comments

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1 First?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 11, 2026 07:30 AM (B0NCh)

2 Yay!!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 11, 2026 07:30 AM (B0NCh)

3 Covfefe, with cream and sugar.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 11, 2026 07:30 AM (B0NCh)

4 In 6 mins I will have my 2th cup of BRCC AK

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 07:35 AM (/+uur)

5 This is NAZI the Oysterman that will NOT be a Senator.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 07:36 AM (/+uur)

6 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Not sure need prayers but maybe some good thoughts my way.
Went for a MRI last Monday and this coming Monday have to go to doctor for analysis. Feeling ok but who knows.
Also rotten luck my truck died so need another vehicle

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 07:38 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Good morning, one and all! We had two guests dropped off at the house last night, one of them a former foster. So we're at six dogs for the moment.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 11, 2026 07:41 AM (/k3in)

8
My coffee is important but it's not a sacramental rite. I use very ordinary Kirkland dark roast pods from Costco ($40 for 120). Coffee is good (dark roast) or bad ("breakfast blend", restaurant flavored water, boiled-to-asphalt).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 07:43 AM (O0L8i)

9 Good morning dear morons with thanks for annie, mh, and the horde for praying

{grammie}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

10 If we're still talking about covers, this is the greatest Neil Young cover ever:

https://youtu.be/77Ycxql63nY

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 11, 2026 07:44 AM (B0NCh)

11 Also rotten luck my truck died so need another vehicle
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 07:38 AM (Ia/+0)

Ram 1500
APR deal: 0% APR financing for 60 months
Sticker price: $53,630
Expires: 8/3/2026

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 07:46 AM (/+uur)

12 Coffffffeeeee

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:47 AM (WL2lA)

13 Update on Mrs. F. She was diagnosed with a very bad salmonella infection. Came home Tuesday, finished oral anti-biotics. I may take her for a walk around the block today. I am very grateful for your prayers for healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

14 {Some Rat} a prayer for complete and immediate healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

15 I like the buffalo with 4 victories

Posted by: Don Black at July 11, 2026 07:50 AM (ZxPkt)

16 Skip you are looking at new suvs because of truck prices.
Small ones? Like rav4 & crv? Those are both very reliable.
I have bee thinking if I ever get to replace my car I think the nissan rogue would suit me as it has the biggest cargo space in that class. (I would need to fit doggeh's crate in it. He's too crazy in cars to ride uncrated)

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:51 AM (WL2lA)

17 You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down and see Mitch McConnell. He's crawling toward you...You reach down and you flip Mitch over on his back. Mitch lays on his back, his belly baking in the hot sun, beating his legs trying to turn himself over, but he can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.

Posted by: Holden at July 11, 2026 07:53 AM (ftsic)

18 I am glad Mrs SanFran is getting better.
How do they know it's salmonella and not some other bacteria going around?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:54 AM (WL2lA)

19 Prayers for all the horde in need

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:55 AM (WL2lA)

20 I'm a fan of Community Coffee, but my subscription to a variety pack from Amazon has been "out of stock" for half a year. Locally, I can find 2 of the 3 varieties, but not at the same store.

Currently sipping Kroger's Private Selection brand Kona blend. It'll do.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 07:56 AM (jehhT)

21 Went for a MRI last Monday and this coming Monday have to go to doctor for analysis.

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Skip

I will pray for a good result.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:57 AM (WL2lA)

22 Posted by: Holden at July 11, 2026

Don't ask about my mother for your next question. It will go badly for you.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 11, 2026 07:58 AM (/k3in)

23 First, as of this moment think won't be working at least full time in a year and a half. Baring other life events.
Can't see big expense for a truck. Most all my coworkers have SUV so should be doable.

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 07:59 AM (Ia/+0)

24 My coffee of choice has been Manatee Coffee. I have a subscription for two bags that arrive every few months. Total of four pounds and it lasts us.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 11, 2026 08:01 AM (/k3in)

25 Prayers up for the horde, and all who need support.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 08:02 AM (+7jAy)

26 The clip in the ONT of the guy shouting the fast-food slogans inside their restaurants utterly cracked me up. I love America.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 11, 2026 08:04 AM (fZiTB)

27 Q: asked on Tech thread:
So, what is the judge in the Robinson/Kirk preliminary hearing waiting for? There's enough evidence to bind Robinson over for trial.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 "Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil."

Draw your own conclusions.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 11, 2026 08:04 AM (pawvM)

28 How do they know it's salmonella and not some other bacteria going around?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 07:54 AM (WL2lA)
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It's what the toxicology report showed. I disbelieve it. If she got a food-borne illness, I would have it also and so would Boy F.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

29 - Blonde and sweet so no need for fancy.
Folgers classic roast. $18 for 2.5lbs.
Lasts 2 months.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 11, 2026 08:08 AM (dAv7M)

30 Well, salmonella can also be from animals like petting a dog, goes to hand, hand goes to mouth.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 08:10 AM (WL2lA)

31 It's what the toxicology report showed. I disbelieve it. If she got a food-borne illness, I would have it also and so would Boy F.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

You’ve made a strong case that she caught it in the hospital, as a result of the other procedure. It’s easy to forget that in spite of all precautions, hospitals are concentrated incubators for bacteriological disease. (No one likes thinking about that)

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 08:11 AM (VbqNm)

32 I'm finishing a third cup, or maybe fourth, who's counting, of my Cafe El Morro espresso-type blend. $3.65 for 8.8 oz. at Aldi, so about $7 a pound, and it's strong enough that I can use less for each batch. You'd only get 12 oz. for $7 with a lot of other store coffees.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:12 AM (wzUl9)

33 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Prayers of thanksgiving for healing, and extended life through impossible illnesses.

What a wonderful horde this is, and thank You, Lord, for this place where we can gather virtually and pray for our friends.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 11, 2026 08:13 AM (h7ZuX)

34 I'm waiting for X-ray results of my knee. Had them done on Tuesday. Chronic pain in the left one, but I don't think it's "just" the joint. 🤞

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 08:13 AM (jehhT)

35 Babylon Bee: “Candace Owens confirmed to be a Jewish Plot to make anti-semites look retarded.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 08:16 AM (VbqNm)

36 I order raw dog food for my dog. A few weeks ago I received an email alerting me to salmonella detected in my last order. Too late, the dog had already eaten the entirety of the shipment. Zero ill effects. Not sure if my particular order was free of the bacteria, or my dog has a rugged constitution.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 11, 2026 08:17 AM (fZiTB)

37 Good morning. Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 11, 2026 08:18 AM (m2wmY)

38 - @35 Classic Bee

Posted by: TeeJ at July 11, 2026 08:19 AM (dAv7M)

39 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 11, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)

40 San Franpsycho Im so sorry to hear about your wife!

Praying for her - really tough situation. I would guess hospital-derived infection. Set that aside and focus on her healing now.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 11, 2026 08:23 AM (j+aD2)

41 Good morning to all and especially to the bleary-eyed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:23 AM (wVcYX)

42 You’ve made a strong case that she caught it in the hospital, as a result of the other procedure. It’s easy to forget that in spite of all precautions, hospitals are concentrated incubators for bacteriological disease. (No one likes thinking about that)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 08:11 AM (VbqNm)
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It seems rather obvious, we'll discuss it with her primary this week.

The probability is that we will never know for sure.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

43 Working on a new short story, the first in a while. It's set in my best friend's neighborhood near our junior high in our boyhood days of Oct. of 1966. It's layering itself very well so far. I'm not even making notes for a change, just seeing where each scene takes me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:24 AM (wzUl9)

44 Mornin' Horde. Prayers for all y'all and your loved ones. Especially those who are ill or grieving or in difficulties of any kind.

Extra hugs going out to grammie and Some Rat and a big ol' hiya to JT.

So happy Mrs Franpsycho is improving!

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 08:25 AM (hPLSE)

45 I'm enjoying my coffee and pondering life. A good friend is an RE agent and she has an offer for our house that is shocking. Wanted to wait one more year but ... wow. Really changes the calculations.

could easily buy a nice smaller home in Alabama and be left with an amazing amt of money

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 11, 2026 08:25 AM (j+aD2)

46 Best wishes and positive vibes to all who are in distress this day.

Posted by: Don Black at July 11, 2026 08:25 AM (ZxPkt)

47 I'm enjoying my coffee and pondering life. A good friend is an RE agent and she has an offer for our house that is shocking. Wanted to wait one more year but ... wow. Really changes the calculations.

could easily buy a nice smaller home in Alabama and be left with an amazing amt of money
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 11, 2026

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Good for you -- money out of the blue, maybe!

A new property that checks all my boxes has popped up on Realtor. I've emailed my agent for us to video tour it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:27 AM (wzUl9)

48 A new property that checks all my boxes has popped up on Realtor. I've emailed my agent for us to video tour it.

good luck!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 11, 2026 08:29 AM (j+aD2)

49 I'll be making a long overdue visit to my sister-in-law next week. Visiting other family as well, but she's the highlight. We lost contact after my brother died, and it's time to fix that. I'm pretty much the only family Little knows, so this will be a bit of a discovery trek for him as well...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 08:29 AM (nbLIj)

50 Prayers up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 11, 2026 08:29 AM (Hbeqj)

51 Happy Saturday, everyone! I’m back home now after a successful surgery. Five hour surgery on Monday and discharged on Thursday morning. I’m very surprised at the speed of my recovery. Thanks for all the prayers!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 11, 2026 08:29 AM (u73oe)

52 Yesterday it was out with the old and failing 37-1/2 year old Amana refrigerator and in with the new Frigidaire.

Only lost (so far) a relatively small amount of spoiled bacon and chuck roasts that had not kept frozen in the old freezer as its temps and timer clock failed progressively.

The new fridge is running rock-steady and at ideal temps in both freezer and fridge. I am thankful.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:30 AM (wVcYX)

53 Martinson, 1.5 lbs for $8. Cheap and tasty, my kind of ptoduct. Been drinking it for years.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 08:30 AM (sl73Y)

54 I'll be making a long overdue visit to my sister-in-law next week. Visiting other family as well, but she's the highlight. We lost contact after my brother died, and it's time to fix that. I'm pretty much the only family Little knows, so this will be a bit of a discovery trek for him as well...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 08:29 AM (nbLIj)
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Have you ever heard of levirate marriage?

Two of them in my family.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)

55 Yeah, hospital infections happen

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 08:31 AM (7gFa4)

56 A new property that checks all my boxes has popped up on Realtor. I've emailed my agent for us to video tour it.
*
good luck!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 11, 2026

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Thanks! It's another 2BR/1BA. There's a front porch and small yard, floors are all wood or laminate, the bathroom and kitchen look to be a decent size, the walls are already painted colors I like, and it has a basement and a garage. Neighborhood looks good on the Gorgle Street View drive-around. Some trees for shade, says the June 2023 video view, and the house faces south!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:33 AM (wzUl9)

57 Ordinary American, I used to feed doggeh raw. Where do you order from?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 08:34 AM (7gFa4)

58 It's another 2BR/1BA. There's a front porch and small yard, floors are all wood or laminate, the bathroom and kitchen look to be a decent size, the walls are already painted colors I like, and it has a basement and a garage. Neighborhood looks good on the Gorgle Street View drive-around. Some trees for shade, says the June 2023 video view, and the house faces south!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:33 AM (wzUl9)

Well, what are you waiting for? Buy it sight unseen at the asking price. What could go wrong?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:35 AM (wVcYX)

59 Well, what are you waiting for? Buy it sight unseen at the asking price. What could go wrong?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026

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* Laughs hysterically like the Joker on cocaine *

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:37 AM (wzUl9)

60 It's already 70F here and going to be 100F at 13:00. I don't need any coffee. Just a cool breeze, water and a nap.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026 08:37 AM (KttFr)

61 51 Happy Saturday, everyone! I’m back home now after a successful surgery.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 11, 2026 08:29 AM (u73oe)

Great news, Duke! Hope you can put that all behind you now!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 11, 2026 08:38 AM (h7ZuX)

62 Looong time lurker, Patrick, here.
I should have posted my prayer request last year when my stage-4 prostate cancer was first diagnosed, but I was too busy freaking out.
A year and 9 rounds of chemo later, I’m still on hormone therapy, and my PSA spiked recently. Back up to 92. Supposed to be starting a drug trial soon. Still, I know from experience that prayer helps - a lot. And that there is no upper limit.
So if anyone could include me in theirs, I would greatly appreciate it.
Cheers,
Patrick

Posted by: Patrick at July 11, 2026 08:38 AM (8oYMo)

63 It's already 70F here and going to be 100F at 13:00. I don't need any coffee. Just a cool breeze, water and a nap.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 11, 2026

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70 at, what, 7:30 am in July? Luxury!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:38 AM (wzUl9)

64 Patrick, prayers up

Also, there's a moron who beat prostate cancer with the fenben protocol.
He wrote a memoir- anyone remember his nic?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 08:40 AM (7gFa4)

65 Patrick will do, don't be a stranger again please

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 08:40 AM (Ia/+0)

66 Prayers for all in the horde whats needs them, including family, friends, & acquaintances.

Prayers do work. God is Great!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:41 AM (wVcYX)

67 70 at, what, 7:30 am in July? Luxury!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026

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Speaking of luxury, Terre Haute has 72 F. right now at 8:30 am, with rain expected and a high today of 78. Gawd that sounds wonderful!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:41 AM (wzUl9)

68 -
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 11, 2026 08:42 AM (dAv7M)

69 Good to hear Grammie Winger is hanging in there. We can but pray and hope.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:43 AM (wzUl9)

70 Happy Saturday, everyone! I’m back home now after a successful surgery.
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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Happy to hear this and congrats on your son's good news as well!

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 08:44 AM (hPLSE)

71 Patrick, prayers up.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 08:44 AM (sl73Y)

72 "Only lost (so far) a relatively small amount of spoiled bacon..."
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:30 AM
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We join you in mourning your loss.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)

73
Patrick will do, don't be a stranger again please
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 08:40 AM (Ia/+0)

Yes, too many lurkers lurking. Speak up. They put up with me around here, so you know the standards are low.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 08:45 AM (O0L8i)

74 Last month, several people I work with all came down with some form of food poisoning after a catered business lunch, but I did not. We finally concluded that the only thing they ate that I did not was the ranch dressing.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 11, 2026 08:46 AM (0U5gm)

75 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)

76 All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 11, 2026 08:47 AM (wVcYX)

77 Good morning, MisHum and MisCreants.

I'm dropping off Mom's old golf clubs, golf bag, and ballz to a neighbor's for her garage sale.

I don't play golf unless there's a windmill, a talking skull, and a Godzilla on the course.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 11, 2026 08:47 AM (kpS4V)

78 Neighborhood looks good on the Gorgle Street View drive-around. Some trees for shade, says the June 2023 video view, and the house faces south!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:33 AM (wzUl9)

I mean no disrespect at all, truly, your search for the right house has become epic. It might be titled “Hamlet goes House Shopping.”

“Whether ‘tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of sliding glass patio doors, or take arms against a sea of poor taste and bad neighborhoods…”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 08:47 AM (VbqNm)

79 *Neighborhood looks good on the Gorgle Street View drive-around. Some trees for shade, says the June 2023 video view, and the house faces south!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:33 AM*
###

https://peaceandquiet.io/usa

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

80 More winning as the Trump administration forced a better deal for the U.S. regarding the new Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor. The bridge was scheduled to open in mid-June, but Trump nixed that pending review of the original terms.

-- U.S. now gets up to half of the toll revenue beginning on day one (Canada was to receive all of the toll revenue until the money it fronted for the project, $4.7B, was recouped)

-- No imported Chinese EVs will be allowed entry into the U.S. via the bridge

The bridge in now scheduled to open July 27.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 11, 2026 08:50 AM (J4Dwc)

81
Next week is going to be a doozy. It's the Houston World Series of Dog Shows in town, with shows starting Wednesday. Luckily, we have somewhat simpler logistics, since The Big Dummy will be set up with his handler instead of us having a grooming spot of our own. The handler has an exercise pen, so we don't have to set one up.

And I'll be serving as a ring steward all day every day (even getting paid for it!), so I can avoid all the drama around getting TBD into the ring.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 08:50 AM (O0L8i)

82 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

You can check out neighborhoods at https://peaceandquiet.io.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 08:50 AM (u82oZ)

83 Had major salmonella poisoning in high school. No hospitalization, fortunately, but wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Glad Mrs. F is feeling better and able to be home.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 11, 2026 08:51 AM (lFFaq)

84 You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down and see Mitch McConnell. He's crawling toward you...You reach down and you flip Mitch over on his back. Mitch lays on his back, his belly baking in the hot sun, beating his legs trying to turn himself over, but he can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Posted by: Holden at July 11, 2026 07:53 AM (ftsic)
----

"What's a McConnell?"
"It's like a giant useless turtle."
"Oh."

**fires blaster**

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 11, 2026 08:51 AM (kpS4V)

85 We join you in mourning your loss.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)

Thank you. Much appreciated. It got . . . dusty . . . in the kitchen during the somber and respectful receptacle placement. Taps played softly in the distance.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:51 AM (wVcYX)

86 IMHO, Wolfus, get in the car and drive. If it's a cherry, it will be snapped up quickly.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 11, 2026 08:52 AM (qFwJc)

87 "We finally concluded that the only thing they ate that I did not was the ranch dressing.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 11, 2026 08:46 AM"
+++
Don't tell the European fans of Men's Metric Kickball.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)

88 When a kid we played minature golf some point every vacation. It was fun

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 08:52 AM (Ia/+0)

89 Vmom,
We've become a Nissan family and they're great vehicles. I drive a Pathfinder and my wife has the Rogue. Both are just great for us. My MIL drives the Murano. They've been the best cars we've owned. I would definitely recommend the Rogue as it's got plenty of space and gets great gas mileage.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at July 11, 2026 08:52 AM (WrpZc)

90 All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli

I thought this said wives.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 08:52 AM (sl73Y)

91 Posted by: Patrick at July 11, 2026 08:38 AM (8oYMo)

Prayers up, friend, and for all intentions whether posted here or whispered in a lurker's heart..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 08:54 AM (nbLIj)

92 Prayers up for all of the Horde's needs.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 11, 2026 08:54 AM (Wnv9h)

93 Well, what are you waiting for? Buy it sight unseen at the asking price. What could go wrong?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 08:35 AM (wVcYX)

I have actually done this. Well, almost. The realtor saw it for us. And the price was fine. It worked out well for us.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 11, 2026 08:56 AM (h7ZuX)

94 My daughter's labadoodle is on our minds today. The poor thing has a bloated abdomen and is getting an ultrasound and possibly surgery today. A perforated bowel or cancer are suspected.

Posted by: Cosda at July 11, 2026 08:57 AM (zFDCU)

95 The Horde knows about my snake in the ductwork incident, but that was only part of the saga around my house in the last 6 months or so. Lots of $ has been spent, but for a long time it seemed like I was actually making things worse. As of this moment, my crawl space is all done except the wiring and water heater (both of which I've been told are good for now). I'm still waiting to see if the latest tweaks will help with the flooding in heavy or prolonged rains. I would really like to never get in there with a shop vac again.

I've had massive anxiety trying to make big expensive decisions alone when I have no idea what the hell I'm doing.

I recently read Psalm 112 which includes this verse:

"He is not afraid of bad news;
his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord." (112:7)

This doesn't need to go on the list, but I'd appreciate a Horde prayer that I could learn to trust the Lord and not be afraid of the next thing to go wrong in the house.

Also for a few months without any more major expenses so I can begin to recover. I've picked up a side gig to help pay for it all, so I may not have to sell a kidney or any firearms.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 08:57 AM (hPLSE)

96 Oh Cosda, I will pray for that doggy.
It isn't bloat / torsion?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 08:58 AM (WL2lA)

97
*removes cap and bows head for lost bacon*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 08:58 AM (O0L8i)

98 Quarter Twenty

The App looks like it just counts Section 8 housing, liquor stores, & Dollar Stores. No police data seen.

Leads to some funny readings in rural Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 08:58 AM (u82oZ)

99 SiD will pray

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 08:58 AM (WL2lA)

100 To have crawl space or slab foundation, that is the question.

Posted by: Shakespeare & Foster, Inc. at July 11, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

101 Quarter Twenty

And Pot stores. Maybe Vape places.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

102 Mornin' Horde. My town is getting so rough they're sighting bears near the schools. Well inside town.

And I thought the merely human animals were bad enough.

Still no housing progress. The people I've been trying to work with don't seem to want to return phone calls, which kind of makes it hard to get anywhere. Ugh.

The Lord will provide, so I'm assured, but He certainly shows no inclination on making it easy.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 11, 2026 09:00 AM (mQbp+)

103 Have you ever heard of levirate marriage?

Two of them in my family.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 11, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)

She already has a free pass to Heaven for putting up with my brother, SF. The marriage also produced a son, which I believe moots the levirate obligation ..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (nbLIj)

104 Yes, too many lurkers lurking. Speak up. They put up with me around here, so you know the standards are low.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Hadrian, you are truly a delight, like all 'rons, except that one guy.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (hPLSE)

105 Count, got the same Amana refrigerator down in the basement, came with house twenty eight years ago. Plug it in and use it every ten years or so.
I think of it as emergency funds as every year the electric company offers to buy for fifty bucks.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (sl73Y)

106 This doesn't need to go on the list, but I'd appreciate a Horde prayer that I could learn to trust the Lord and not be afraid of the next thing to go wrong in the house.

Also for a few months without any more major expenses so I can begin to recover. I've picked up a side gig to help pay for it all, so I may not have to sell a kidney or any firearms.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 08:57 AM (hPLSE)

Prayers up for you, friend. We're about at the point with our house that we need to fix a few things well enough to sell it. We're not getting any younger, and we love this old Victorian, but it's going to be too much for us very soon.

*ponders that kidney-selling thing...

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (h7ZuX)

107
To have crawl space or slab foundation, that is the question.
Posted by: Shakespeare & Foster, Inc. at July 11, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

Can't have basements, crawl spaces, etc. here on the Gulf Coast. Water table is too high.

So it's all slab foundations. But the gumbo soil around here expands and contracts with the alternating droughts and floods. That's why you see so many foundation repair commericals on TV. It's also why water pipes run through the ceiling.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (O0L8i)

108
Grandson starting to crawl the last couple of days, amazing to watch it.

Posted by: Auspex at July 11, 2026 09:02 AM (Y8DZL)

109 Good morning all
Woke up a bit out of sorts this morning. Been having really weird dreams.
Martini Farmer, I had bad knee pain that turned out to be coming from my hip. Started with an X-ray that showed there was nothing wrong with my knee. Look up the term"referred pain".
{{{Some Rat}}} Sending healing thoughts your way. ❤️

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 11, 2026 09:02 AM (kJmSS)

110 except that one guy.
Posted by: screaming in digital

I'm right here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:02 AM (u82oZ)

111 vmom, thank you, that means a lot to me!!

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:04 AM (hPLSE)

112 The App looks like it just counts Section 8 housing, liquor stores, & Dollar Stores. No police data seen.

Leads to some funny readings in rural Kansas.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 08:58 AM
++++++
Yeah, you have to play around with it and get it to the point where it maps things out with hexagons.
And evidently police data can be fudged, but not the distance from a payday loan shark or a pawn shop.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)

113 >>>>>>96 Oh Cosda, I will pray for that doggy.
It isn't bloat / torsion?
>>>>>>
I guess they've ruled that out. Xray showed her organs were normal and working. Her abdomen is just full of fluid.

Posted by: Cosda at July 11, 2026 09:05 AM (zFDCU)

114
You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down and see Mitch McConnell. He's crawling toward you...You reach down and you flip Mitch over on his back. Mitch lays on his back, his belly baking in the hot sun, beating his legs trying to turn himself over, but he can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Posted by: Holden

*pinches self*

Damn. Just a dream.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 11, 2026 09:06 AM (QVmho)

115 *ponders that kidney-selling thing...
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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thank you Dash!!

I've accepted that I'll probably never make back what I've poured into this house. However, if I didn't do it the house would be unsellable, and eventually unlivable.

I probably couldn't get much for my kidney. As Sophia once said on the Golden Girls when Blanche's sister needed one, "I'd give you mine, but you'd probably rather have one you can control."

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:06 AM (hPLSE)

116 I'm right here.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Dear Salty, you know you are a delight to every 'ette. Big hugs to you. Still walking (not stalking)?

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:07 AM (hPLSE)

117 - Of course, everyone just "knows" that #TheScience has disproven that nonsense.

Because first, all the matter in the universe, wherever it came from, was in a singularity. And then it exploded. And that explosion could only create hydrogen, helium and a bit of lithium.
And then after millions of years that would come together and make stars.
And then those stars could create heavier elements, like oxygen, in their cores. And when they explode the universe can come up with H2O.
So you can't have water on the first day.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 11, 2026 09:07 AM (dAv7M)

118
I guess they've ruled that out. Xray showed her organs were normal and working. Her abdomen is just full of fluid.
Posted by: Cosda at July 11, 2026 09:05 AM (zFDCU)

Hoping for the best. But ruling out bloat and torsion is a plus, because time to treatment is of the essence there.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:07 AM (O0L8i)

119 https://peaceandquiet.io/usa
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Heh. I was looking at the web site the other day. It tracks some pretty telling indicators if you ask me...

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 11, 2026 09:08 AM (mQbp+)

120 "I'd give you mine, but you'd probably rather have one you can control."
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:06 AM (hPLSE)

*snort

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 11, 2026 09:08 AM (h7ZuX)

121 Hadrian, you are truly a delight, like all 'rons, except that one guy.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (hPLSE)

Agreed, and the other sorta stings.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:10 AM (wVcYX)

122 @98 "Peace & Quiet" rates whole counties as one unit. That's just Krazy Klooless Klan territory, there. And they count first names as their Negro Indicator. Very funny, but they held the 22 Marvins in my county against us, and the guy on the next road who came home from Vietnam in two boxes was a Marvin bigger than hell, and his whole family was from the Kentucky highlands. I have two cousins named Alicia, and they are Danes.

So yeah, that's a ravening mound of kicked-over rocks, with things slithering underneath. A rally point for bungholes.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 11, 2026 09:10 AM (zdLoL)

123 110 except that one guy.
Posted by: screaming in digital

I'm right here.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:02 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks for stepping up NaCly, I really didn't want to call you out on the Prayer Thread even though it would have been a public service!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 11, 2026 09:11 AM (hOUT3)

124 Got to get started
Vehicle shopping first, definitely not buying today

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:11 AM (Ia/+0)

125 Count, got the same Amana refrigerator down in the basement, came with house twenty eight years ago. Plug it in and use it every ten years or so.
I think of it as emergency funds as every year the electric company offers to buy for fifty bucks.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 09:01 AM (sl73Y)

They built them different in the before times.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:12 AM (wVcYX)

126 Quarter Twenty

They even had NotSoThoreau's small town on it for a dollar store. Nearby Hays, which is a well-run little city, was dinged for a Popeyes, among the usual suspects.

In Manhattan, there was a ding for a beauty supply store! But nothing for the mosque for the college students.

Salina, Kansas looks better on this site than Terra Haute.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)

127 > Mornin' Horde. My town is getting so rough they're sighting bears near the schools. Well inside town.
---------
Sister-in-law in WV says there are bobcats around. Heard one a couple nights ago. Saw some photos taken by others in the area of at least one or two.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 09:16 AM (jehhT)

128 Salina, Kansas looks better on this site than Terra Haute.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)

Well after all, Terra Haute IS home to firebug Trashcan Man in the nuthouse. All that "My life for you!" nonsense.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:16 AM (wVcYX)

129 35 Babylon Bee: “Candace Owens confirmed to be a Jewish Plot to make anti-semites look retarded.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 08:16 AM (VbqNm)
==========================
Also Bee: "Nazi regrets getting Graham Platner tattoo"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 09:17 AM (qIiX+)

130 Agreed, and the other sorta stings.
Posted by: Count de Monet
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You know I was just funnin'. All 'rons are delightful, and handsome to boot.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:17 AM (hPLSE)

131 Vehicle shopping first, definitely not buying today
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:11 AM (Ia/+0)

Challenge accepted.

Posted by: Car Dealer Salesweasel at July 11, 2026 09:18 AM (wVcYX)

132 screaming in digital

I am walking, not stalking. But two widows have decided to stalk me a bit. One of them is my former next-door neighbor 1,500 miles away. She told me after my visit around the NoVaMoMeet, when I had returned home. She is 92.

So I have added Dodging to my skill set.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

133 Salty, I think it's based on crowd sourced data, and if so, would imply a strong tendency toward Your Mileage May Vary, not available in all states, see dealer for details, with qualifying credit, and a host of other caveats.
I don't have much experience with it, but merely suggest it as a tool for the relocation toolbox.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

134 I’m not trusting that peace and quiet website…. It shows avoid for small towns and neighborhoods I know from personal experience are very quiet and peaceful. Wonder how they can be so wrong…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 11, 2026 09:18 AM (26GAh)

135 I'm enjoying my coffee and pondering life. A good friend is an RE agent and she has an offer for our house that is shocking. Wanted to wait one more year but ... wow. Really changes the calculations.

could easily buy a nice smaller home in Alabama and be left with an amazing amt of money
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 11, 2026
======================
Dream come true story! Wish my friends who are RE agents would do the same (though I dread clearing out years and years of stuff).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 09:19 AM (qIiX+)

136 I’m not trusting that peace and quiet website…. It shows avoid for small towns and neighborhoods I know from personal experience are very quiet and peaceful. Wonder how they can be so wrong…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 11, 2026 09:18 AM (26GAh)

AI!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 11, 2026 09:20 AM (hOUT3)

137 Quarter Twenty

Yes. It is a sophisticated racial profile / low socioeconomic status map.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:20 AM (u82oZ)

138 You know I was just funnin'. All 'rons are delightful, and handsome to boot.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:17 AM (hPLSE)

and all 'ettes are dazzling beautiful with good hearts and have top notch sammich-making skills.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:21 AM (wVcYX)

139 I hear the neighbors' lawn mower, so that's my cue to get off my ass and start doing All The Things before it gets too hot. See y'all later.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 11, 2026 09:21 AM (hPLSE)

140
122 @98 "Peace & Quiet" rates whole counties as one unit”

How do you do that? My county has some neighborhoods that are the richest rich, some that are Blacker than Birmingham, and some that are more Mexican than Michoacán.
How do you rate that as a single unit?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 09:22 AM (VbqNm)

141 Sister-in-law in WV says there are bobcats around. Heard one a couple nights ago. Saw some photos taken by others in the area of at least one or two.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 09:16 AM
#####

Been a hoot-owl howling outside my window now...
'Bout six nights in a row.

Posted by: Michael Murphey at July 11, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)

142 Tom Servo

As you zoom in, it does collect local, focused data.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

143 - Time to go push the mower around the yard for about 45 minutes to finish it up before it gets hot.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 11, 2026 09:23 AM (dAv7M)

144 {{{SiD}}}
I sold RE for 25 years and accompanied many many many home inspections. Although it was in MA so different than where you are(basements mostly, not crawl spaces), feel free to call if you want a second opinion. When I was getting my house ready to sell, it was just one thing after another. Somehow once you start looking....

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 11, 2026 09:23 AM (kJmSS)

145 I’m not trusting that peace and quiet website…. It shows avoid for small towns and neighborhoods I know from personal experience are very quiet and peaceful. Wonder how they can be so wrong…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 11, 2026 09:18 AM (26GAh)
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Yeah, seems a bit suspect.

In my small town, there's an "Avoid" hexagon that lists a Waffle House. That's it. No violent crime or other reasons to avoid the neighborhood.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2026 09:24 AM (FZ29D)

146 According to Peace and Quiet, there is a Waffle House located within a 3-mile radius of my address.

There is no Waffle House within a 3-mile radius of my house, which, to me, means P&Q is a worthless source.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 11, 2026 09:27 AM (J4Dwc)

147 I’m not trusting that peace and quiet website…. It shows avoid for small towns and neighborhoods I know from personal experience are very quiet and peaceful. Wonder how they can be so wrong…
Posted by: LinusVanPel

It tracks a lot of things that are associated with, erm, A Certain Group. Boost Mobile. Liquor Stores. Waffle Houses (...SERIOUSLY?!?). Some track. Some...do not.

Comparing what it says of where I live to what I know, there's a lot of guilt by geographical co-location going on. I would rate it as being of dubious value.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 11, 2026 09:27 AM (mQbp+)

148 Wish my friends who are RE agents would do the same (though I dread clearing out years and years of stuff).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 09:19 AM
+++
I've been on a journey to minimalism for a couple of years now.
It can be an overwhelming task.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

149 ...the fact that three comments consecutively called out the use of Waffle Houses by the app may say more about the Horde than the app

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 11, 2026 09:29 AM (mQbp+)

150 Norway vs England today at 4pm Central.

Invade! Conquer! Subjugate!

Unleash Erling Haaland in beserker mode.

Row!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:29 AM (wVcYX)

151 "Perfessor" Squirrel

The website claims it uses public data including the FBI, HuD, and public safety (i.e. police) data.

The weighting factors are where the proprietary treatment is.

You are fortunate to have a Waffle House so near.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:30 AM (u82oZ)

152 Now I want Hashbrowns Scattered, Smothered & Covered.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)

153 Count de Monet

My female friends that discus soccer think Erling Haaland (Thor) is dreamy.

I am rooting for Norway. But they mostly used sails, not rowing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:32 AM (u82oZ)

154 I've been on a journey

The Hershey highway to the old dirt road.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 11, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

155 Unleash Erling Haaland in beserker mode.

Row!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:29 AM (wVcYX)
=================
what amazing athleticism in a huge Viking!

Makes me realize the panic a navy of Haalands sailing up to your seaside village must have created.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 09:33 AM (nFiZm)

156 Quarter Twenty

That sounds like a plan. Off to breakfast.

Have a wonderful, chigger-bite free day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:33 AM (u82oZ)

157 Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 08:50 AM (O0L8i)

What does a ring steward do? Just stand there and tell the dogs to sit still?

Posted by: dantesed at July 11, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

158 I mean no disrespect at all, truly, your search for the right house has become epic. It might be titled “Hamlet goes House Shopping.”

“Whether ‘tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of sliding glass patio doors, or take arms against a sea of poor taste and bad neighborhoods…”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026

***
+100

Or Macbeth. "Is this a bungalow I see before me, the screen door toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. . . . If I but find the right abode, I'll jump the life to come!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

159 According to Peace and Quiet, there is a Waffle House located within a 3-mile radius of my address.

There is no Waffle House within a 3-mile radius of my house, which, to me, means P&Q is a worthless source.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 11, 2026

***
AI, no doubt. The other day I did a search for the history of a certain street in Mid-City here. It came back with several items of interest, every single one of them not only wrong but wildly wrong.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

160 You are fortunate to have a Waffle House so near.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:30 AM (u82oZ)
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It's not that close--it's all the way on the other side of town three miles away!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 11, 2026 09:37 AM (FZ29D)

161 But they mostly used sails, not rowing.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 11, 2026 09:32 AM (u82oZ)
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Big rowers in battle, since you can't sail against the wind and also when maneuvering near shore, or so the Viking museum in Stockholm claims. Great family visit type of museum, btw, if you happen to find yourself in Stockholm. Pairs well with the Vasa.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 09:37 AM (nFiZm)

162 In case anyone else enjoys international gospel music, I just discovered a style from South Africa called "amapiano" that is fun and upbeat. I suspect the YouTube offerings are AI, but the lyrics are generally theologically sound and the sound is catchy.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 11, 2026 09:38 AM (lFFaq)

163 I do not know if the house be fair in truth, but its counters of stone and light do tempt me sorely. Yet trust not too much the glister of a polished hall; for many a dwelling wears a smiling face and keeps a jealous heart. If the price be just, and the walls sound, and the neighborhood faithful, then let me not be ruled by fearful whispers. I’ll judge it by its substance, not by the flattering tongue of the broker; for what is a mansion but a gilded doubt, unless it serve the life I mean to live within it?

Posted by: Othello at July 11, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

164 I mean no disrespect at all, truly, your search for the right house has become epic. It might be titled “Hamlet goes House Shopping.”

“Whether ‘tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of sliding glass patio doors, or take arms against a sea of poor taste and bad neighborhoods…”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026

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+100

Or Macbeth. "Is this a bungalow I see before me, the screen door toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. . . . If I but find the right abode, I'll jump the life to come!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Two ranch houses, alike in square footage...

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 11, 2026 09:39 AM (mQbp+)

165 I've been on a journey to minimalism for a couple of years now.
It can be an overwhelming task.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)
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So overwhelming that my natural indolence has me thinking all about it, and not so much "doing".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 11, 2026 09:39 AM (nFiZm)

166 That was generated by DuckAI. Took about four seconds.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

167 Good morning good people. Prayers to all.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 11, 2026 09:40 AM (VmkSV)

168 John Deere has to submit

Posted by: Goat Breath at July 11, 2026 09:41 AM (jrgJz)

169
What does a ring steward do? Just stand there and tell the dogs to sit still?
Posted by: dantesed at July 11, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

Short answer: I spend the day screaming at people who should be paying attention to what's going on but can't be bothered to.

Longer answer: Conformation dog shows run on a tight schedule and stewards (one or two per ring) perform the multitude of small tasks working with judges and exhibitors to keep things going: handing out armbands, calling classes into the ring, informing the judge about absentees, laying out the correct ribbons, calling for the photographer or show superintendent, etc. Without us, the proceedings would quickly grind to a crawl. So it's an important job and needs good people to do it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:43 AM (O0L8i)

170 chigger-bite
That's racist

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 11, 2026 09:45 AM (Kt19C)

171
Of course, a dog show is the only place where you can say, "Wow! That bitch has a fabulous rear" and nobody even blinks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:46 AM (O0L8i)

172 It was the best of houses, it was the worst of houses . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

173 The picture up top: *laughs* Yeah. That.

Powerline Week in Pictures - the meme about Elizabeth Warren slayed me.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 11, 2026 09:47 AM (O7YUW)

174 My youngest grandson played the role of ring steward recently in his aunt's wedding. Cute as a button in the little tux and all.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

175 *Neighborhood looks good on the Gorgle Street View drive-around. Some trees for shade, says the June 2023 video view, and the house faces south!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 08:33 AM*
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https://peaceandquiet.io/usa
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026

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It shows absolutely nothing for all of Terre Haute. No color points, which they say means "Peaceful," though they do list "Public Housing -- 3" and "Liquor Stores -- 8." But no specific points. All their filters are set to "on." What am I doing wrong?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

176 122 @98 "Peace & Quiet" rates whole counties as one unit”

--

You can zoom in even more

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 09:48 AM (WL2lA)

177 So a ring steward is like a company top sergeant.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

178 I'm thinking about taking a drive into my buddy's old neighborhood, in daylight of course; it's changed . . . a bit . . . since 1966. I could do it with Gorgle Street View a lot more easily and safely.

Maybe a coffee and a stop at the pipe shop this morning, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)

179 https://peaceandquiet.io/usa
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026

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It shows absolutely nothing for all of Terre Haute. No color points, which they say means "Peaceful," though they do list "Public Housing -- 3" and "Liquor Stores -- 8." But no specific points. All their filters are set to "on." What am I doing wrong?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:48 AM
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Turn the "Community" setting off. I think that brings up the granulation level that shows the hexagons.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

180 Peace & Quiet omits Chuck E Cheese, but does include MLK streets. Seems hit or miss. I love the Names tab though.

Posted by: Roy at July 11, 2026 09:52 AM (qwype)

181 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 July 11, 2026 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)

182 We were house hunting during one of the worst possible times, in the worst possible place; California, circa 2002.

Most of the places we looked at were out of our price range by hundreds of thousands of $. Others were overpriced dumps or in lousy locations.

We visited one not yet on the market as it was being prepped for sale. Talked to a neighbor, looked inside, selling real estate agent was there so we made an offer.

It was about the only chance we had because as soon as one went up for sale, it was sold that day. We bought that house with our offer the day it went up for sale.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 09:53 AM (jehhT)

183 Adam Carolla has an easy way to check if a neighborhood is god or not. Go to the closest Starbucks. If the bathroom needs a key, avoid the area.

Posted by: Life Hacks at July 11, 2026 09:54 AM (8HIEP)

184 On the other hand with Peace and Quiet, I choose an address in Noo Awlins proper, and 90% of the city comes up red, the "bad" listing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

185 "178 I'm thinking about taking a drive into my buddy's old neighborhood, in daylight of course; it's changed . . . a bit . . . since 1966."

&&&&&&&
*checks calendar*

That was 60 years ago.

Posted by: Person who owns a calendar at July 11, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

186 You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down and see Mitch McConnell. He's crawling toward you...You reach down and you flip Mitch over on his back. Mitch lays on his back, his belly baking in the hot sun, beating his legs trying to turn himself over, but he can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Posted by: Holden at July 11, 2026 07:53 AM (ftsic)
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My mother? Let me tell you about my mother...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 09:56 AM (ZOv7s)

187
So a ring steward is like a company top sergeant.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 11, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

That's a good way to describe it. Stewards also act as a liaison between the judge and exhibitors. If someone arrives late or needs to make a handler change or wants their dog at the end of the lineup, they have to ask me first. I then let the judge know and what happens happens. There are occasionally little procedural matters that I can help exhibitors with by asking the judge.

There's often a lot going on. A good steward needs a thorough knowledge of ring procedures, the ability not to get flustered and a certain diplomacy and tact. It's not a hard job to learn, but it's a hard job to learn do well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:57 AM (O0L8i)

188 I think I found a vehicle

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:57 AM (j9CiB)

189 Turn the "Community" setting off. I think that brings up the granulation level that shows the hexagons.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 11, 2026

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Ah, okay. TH still does not look bad. N.O.? It's ALL colored hexagons.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

190
Mitch lays on his back, his belly baking in the hot sun, beating his legs trying to turn himself over, but he can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Posted by: Holden at July 11, 2026 07:53 AM (ftsic)

I think I'd advise you to help. But not if it was in any way inconvenient.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM (O0L8i)

191 188 I think I found a vehicle
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:57 AM (j9CiB)

A prayer thread event?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM (hOUT3)

192 MazCX 30

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM (j9CiB)

193 Or Macbeth. "Is this a bungalow I see before me, the screen door toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. . . . If I but find the right abode, I'll jump the life to come!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Two ranch houses, alike in square footage...
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 11, 2026 09:39 AM (mQbp+)
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But soft! What like through yonder window breaks? 'Tis the garage light, with a remote sensor, recently installed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)

194 I'm thinking about taking a drive into my buddy's old neighborhood, in daylight of course; it's changed . . . a bit . . . since 1966."

&&&&&&&
*checks calendar*

That was 60 years ago.
Posted by: Person who owns a calendar at July 11, 2026 \

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Yes, yes it was. That's why I think it would be smarter to use Gorgle Street View.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

195 I took a year renting where I wanted to live and looked at a number of condos before I figured out what was the best value and location. If you have a town picked out, that's not a bad option.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 11, 2026 10:00 AM (kJmSS)

196 Life changing event for me

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 10:00 AM (j9CiB)

197 I'm heading out, all. Back for the Pet Thread. Play well amongst yourselves, and if you can't, do it when the teacher isn't looking!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

198 "I think I'd advise you to help. But not if it was in any way inconvenient.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM"

*ahem*

Posted by: Parable of the Good Samaritan at July 11, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

199 Where did everyone go?

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 10:07 AM (j9CiB)

200 took a year renting where I wanted to live and looked at a number of condos before I figured out what was the best value and location. If you have a town picked out, that's not a bad option.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 11, 2026 10:00 AM (kJmSS)

I’ve always done that when moving to a new area. Committing to buying in a place you barely know is crazy to me.

Posted by: Life Hacks at July 11, 2026 10:10 AM (8HIEP)

201 We're joyriding in a slightly used Mazda CX30.

Posted by: Everyone at July 11, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

202 The results from the biopsy came back and we held the consult last week with the cancer team. Mrs. Lloyd has Stage Zero breast cancer, detected very early, prognosis excellent. They are going to do an additional biopsy to determine some specific traits of the cancer, which will determine if chemo is necessary or not.

Please pray for her, and for our family because she has not taken the news well. Outwardly she is optimistic, calm, confident, but she has become very confrontational and willful, and regularly falls back on "Well, I have cancer, deal with it!" to justify abusive behavior.

It is difficult to talk to her at all, and conversation has regressed to minimum requirements. She has become obsessed with AI and creating Christian memes, having cranked out (at last count) more than 800 of them, and regards herself as being on mission from God.

I believe she is being misled by a false "Angel of Light" because the fruits of this work have been absolutely rotten. When your entire family avoids you, that's not the Holy Spirit moving within you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:12 AM (ZOv7s)

203
*ahem*
Posted by: Parable of the Good Samaritan at July 11, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

That's a joke, son, laugh. Bobby Knight said it about Wayne Duke and car speeding toward him.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 10:12 AM (O0L8i)

204 American Thinker article ( When people's actions define who they are, believe them) says Mamdani will read the pilots names who flew the suicide mission

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 10:13 AM (j9CiB)

205 Life changing event for me
Posted by: Skip at July

You still talking new vehicle Skip?

Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 10:14 AM (sl73Y)

206 Almighty GOD, we give you all praise and glory. We thank You for placing us in this place and time. We do not know our future and do not always understand what is happening now but we know You have a plan for us. We ask You for healing for those mentioned above and for grace for their families.
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
Amen

Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 10:14 AM (LHPAg)

207 MazCX 30
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:59 AM (j9CiB)

Yo Skip:
Sister has had several and swears by them. She walked away from a T-Bone accident that could so easily have killed her because of Mazda engineering.
Similar thing with daughter's Miata being totaled by a truck, and she walked away unscathed.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 11, 2026 10:14 AM (hOUT3)

208 My wife & I were looking at this one house to buy, it was in the neighborhood we liked, and a decent size. We get there and not 5 minutes into showing us around this guy starts going into some history about how in the early part of the last century this guy kept a crazy indian lady tied up in the basement and the neighbors say they can still hear the sounds of screaming on a quiet night.

Oh, is that so? What a charming story, pardon me a moment I think I forgot my wallet in the car and I really want to buy this house right now, gonna go get that now and we'll be right back licketty...! ZOINK! we bugged the f out of there. nope

Posted by: banana Dream at July 11, 2026 10:15 AM (3uBP9)

209 @202: Prayers for your wife. Mine has stage 3 melanoma and over the last year I've seen where it's affected her thinking, not as extreme as you describe but noticeable nonetheless. Good luck to you both.

Posted by: Cosda at July 11, 2026 10:16 AM (zFDCU)

210 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:12 AM (ZOv7s)

Oh brother, I can relate to this in a lot of scary ways. Prayers for you and all those close to her..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 10:17 AM (nbLIj)

211 Skip mazdas are zippy and fun to drive.
Go for it

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:17 AM (7gFa4)

212 I am re-reading Dom Lorenzo Scupoli's The Spiritual Combat and it is very comforting. He maintains that one must do four things to be victorious in spiritual combat: absolute distrust of the self; total trust in God; properly orienting ones senses and faculties; and regular and faithful prayer.

I realize that I have strayed on the first two, and am working to become absolutely trusting in God, knowing that whatever evil befalls does so with the consent of His will, and therefore will ultimately result in greater good.

I will add that last night a friend I hadn't heard from in a decade called me out of the blue, and we chatted until 3 a.m. This follows bumping into one of my best friends from college at Mass a couple of months ago. My youngest said that God knows what we are going through, and has sent my friends to support me in this time of need. God is amazing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

213 Good morning Horde, with an abundance pf prayers for you and your loved ones.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 11, 2026 10:18 AM (ibDUx)

214 As said way up top, vehicle less and unknown MRI results are my worries Hope Late Monday all will at least not be unknowns

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 10:18 AM (j9CiB)

215 I say we give it a shot down Tehran way.

https://tinyurl.com/yc42ab33

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:18 AM (ndZc7)

216 Prayers for all.

Go Norway!

Posted by: Mick at July 11, 2026 10:20 AM (HFx9z)

217 214 As said way up top, vehicle less and unknown MRI results are my worries Hope Late Monday all will at least not be unknowns
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 10:18 AM (j9CiB)

Will be thinking about you, Skip.

Posted by: m at July 11, 2026 10:21 AM (6wpGE)

218 Almighty GOD, we give you all praise and glory. We thank You for placing us in this place and time. We do not know our future and do not always understand what is happening now but we know You have a plan for us. We ask You for healing for those mentioned above and for grace for their families.
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
Amen
Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 10:14 AM (LHPAg)
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Amen!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)

219 Ah, MRI. Prayers up. For the vehicle you're on your own.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 11, 2026 10:21 AM (sl73Y)

220 The new Genesis.

https://tinyurl.com/43rcvwpp

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

221 184 On the other hand with Peace and Quiet, I choose an address in Noo Awlins proper, and 90% of the city comes up red, the "bad" listing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 11, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)
It is indeed a beautiful city...with some serious rot.......Fats Domino sings 'Ain't That A Shame'.

Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 10:26 AM (LHPAg)

222 Oh brother, I can relate to this in a lot of scary ways. Prayers for you and all those close to her..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 11, 2026 10:17 AM (nbLIj)
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My wife is Appalachian, so she's always had a crazy streak, but now it's becoming a bit much.

I'm planning on spending the night at my father's place - not just to get away, but to help him with some deep cleaning and reorganization. I originally mentioned it in passing to him, and he's been very excited about it, calling asking when I'll be showing up and such. I may take the youngest along to give her a break.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:26 AM (ZOv7s)

223 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:12 AM (ZOv7s)

I will pray gor your wife and your whole family.
St Micgael, St Raphael, St Gabril, guard snd protect this family.
St Benedict, pray for them.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:28 AM (7gFa4)

224 Remember me?

Posted by: Zoom-Zoom at July 11, 2026 10:29 AM (2Ez/1)

225 I will pray gor your wife and your whole family.
St Micgael, St Raphael, St Gabril, guard snd protect this family.
St Benedict, pray for them.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:28 AM (7gFa4)
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Thank you. It sometimes seems like one drama ends around here and another kicks off. My kids and I reminisce about 2019 and how boring everything was.

Good things are happening though. The grandkids are flourishing, my relationship with my eldest has healed and we get along great, youngest will turn 21 next week, so lots to be excited about.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)

226 My wife & I were looking at this one house to buy, it was in the neighborhood we liked, and a decent size. We get there and not 5 minutes into showing us around this guy starts going into some history about how in the early part of the last century this guy kept a crazy indian lady tied up in the basement and the neighbors say they can still hear the sounds of screaming on a quiet night.

Oh, is that so? What a charming story, pardon me a moment I think I forgot my wallet in the car and I really want to buy this house right now, gonna go get that now and we'll be right back licketty...! ZOINK! we bugged the f out of there. nope
Posted by: banana Dream at July 11, 2026 10:15 AM (3uBP9)

Holy Cow!! Did he not want you to buy this house??

Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 10:35 AM (GD0B3)

227 Pun of the Day.

https://tinyurl.com/567jrxu9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)

228
*more questions, because yowza !!

was that a professional agent or for sale by owner property??

Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 10:37 AM (GD0B3)

229 A Catholic therapy practice may be helpful.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:37 AM (J5RCE)

230 Oh, is that so? What a charming story, pardon me a moment I think I forgot my wallet in the car and I really want to buy this house right now, gonna go get that now and we'll be right back licketty...! ZOINK! we bugged the f out of there. nope
Posted by: banana Dream at July 11, 2026 10:15 AM (3uBP9)
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After the divorce, my mother bought a house that gave me the creeps, especially the basement. She brought her family and friends in and we did a day of repainting and refreshing, but it still felt off.

We moved out after a year when she remarried.

Year later she said that the owner was an old lady who hanged herself in the basement, and so it was absurdly cheap. She got a better price because that detail had fallen out of the news. What's interesting is that our cat really hated the basement. We'd put him down there when cat-allergic people came over, and damn if he didn't figure out how to turn a doorknob and escape!

Honestly, get an old priest, a young priest, some holy water and a crucifix and you should be fine. Bid with confidence!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:39 AM (ZOv7s)

231 I need to do laundry and start packing for the trip to Nationals...yet here I am.
The middle spawn is in Japan. He's very excited to take a bullet train from Kobe to Tokyo and explore for the day, solo. Should be an adventure with the language barrier. It's a safe country so I'm not worried about.

Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2026 10:40 AM (VCgbV)

232 Priests can bless a house. Should be standard practice for every new move.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:40 AM (WL2lA)

233 Israel gives US concrete intelligence on Iranian plot to asassinate Trump. Trump gets the hell of Doge (Turkey) on the original AF1. Muslim Brotherhood media stooges and assorter cretins yammer about Israel misleading.

"Iran's Supreme Leader has vowed to take revenge following the killing of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier this year.

In his first statement since his father's funeral, Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to avenge the death of his father and all the 'martyrs' lost in the ongoing war with the US.

'Revenge is the demand of our nation and must certainly be carried out. We pledge that we will take revenge for your pure blood and the blood of all the martyrs of these two wars from the criminal and disgraced killers.

'These criminals, whose names from top to bottom are known and documented, will take their wish for a peaceful death in old age and in their beds with them to the grave.

'They must know that this matter does not depend on my existence or that of other officials.'

According to the statement, carried by state-linked Fars news agency, that pledge would be carried out 'soon'. "

Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 10:42 AM (GD0B3)

234 Who wouldn't want a home with a murder pit? Or at least a tile floor and a drain in the center for easy cleanup.

Posted by: PabloD at July 11, 2026 10:42 AM (iuwdv)

235 I would buy a haunted house for a song and the immediate get an Exorcist out there tout de suite.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 11, 2026 10:43 AM (qFwJc)

236 I would pray my daily rosary in Latin and the demons would not hang around.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 11, 2026 10:44 AM (qFwJc)

237 231 I need to do laundry and start packing for the trip to Nationals...yet here I am.
The middle spawn is in Japan. He's very excited to take a bullet train from Kobe to Tokyo and explore for the day, solo. Should be an adventure with the language barrier. It's a safe country so I'm not worried about.
Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2026 10:40 AM (VCgbV)
Did he get a TxMoMe X shirt? You know, conversation starter.

Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 10:44 AM (LHPAg)

238 Although in a house with violent history, immediately check for mold or toxic pipes etc

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:45 AM (WL2lA)

239 Due to their inability to ...travel these day, Iranians are relying on all their agents, and useful idiots in the West to take pot shots at Trump and his cabinet. They also paraded photos of US media personalities during the funeral of "deal leader". US really needs to kill them all. This is the only way. In any country, in any city. So none of them are left.

Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 10:45 AM (GD0B3)

240 Oh yes. Holy water and holy salt. Consecrate the house.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 11, 2026 10:45 AM (qFwJc)

241 Priests can bless a house. Should be standard practice for every new move.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 11, 2026 10:40 AM (WL2lA)
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Yep. The head of the household can also bless it as well. We have a ready supply of holy water and when the kids were younger and had nightmares, I'd bless the room and sprinkle some holy water and they would go right back to sleep without a problem.

I should probably do that again.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s)

242 Did he get a TxMoMe X shirt? You know, conversation starter.
Posted by: Eromero
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No, but the spawn wore hers to church last Sunday. 🤣

Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2026 10:47 AM (VCgbV)

243 Middle spawn said it's very hot and humid in Japan but the Japanese don't wear shorts. If you see someone in shorts they are tourists. He found it odd.

Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2026 10:50 AM (VCgbV)

244 What if you're not a mackerel snapper?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)

245 242 Did he get a TxMoMe X shirt? You know, conversation starter.
Posted by: Eromero
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No, but the spawn wore hers to church last Sunday. 🤣
Posted by: lin-duh at July 11, 2026 10:47 AM (VCgbV)
Lord have mercy! I have not done that unless under. Maybe that's a conversation best left unstarted?

Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM (LHPAg)

246 I would pray my daily rosary in Latin and the demons would not hang around.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Or play a little Yoko.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)

247 What if you're not a mackerel snapper?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)

awkward...

Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 10:53 AM (GD0B3)

248 Prayers for the hordes needs.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 11, 2026 10:53 AM (NnhvP)

249
Raining. Good thing I got the yard mowed yesterday.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 10:53 AM (O0L8i)

250 I was watching a video of a guy who mentioned Isaiah 53 and its import which I had not considered before.

This book of the old testament was written hundreds of years before Jesus and describes Jesus and his life.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 10:54 AM (sKqQm)

251 What if you're not a mackerel snapper?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)
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One can always convert. I did. "Come for the exorcisms, stay for the Friday fish fry!" (I hate fried fish, so that wasn't a motivation.)

Several exorcists have talked and written about their work and how Protestants often come to them (or are even referred by their pastors!) when things get crazy.

The story "The Exorcist" was based on was about a boy rather than a girl, and the demon went away when he entered the Church. Not as dramatic and spraying soup all over the place.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:55 AM (ZOv7s)

252 They said it couldn't be done.

JUST IN: California's Secretary of State has certified the results from the June 2, 2026 primary.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:55 AM (ndZc7)

253 Or play a little Yoko.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
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Yoko Ono singing in Latin would pretty much be the universal solvent.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 10:56 AM (ZOv7s)

254
What if you're not a mackerel snapper?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)

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I think priests are more interested in keeping demons away than whether you're a schismatic.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 11, 2026 10:56 AM (O0L8i)

255 244 What if you're not a mackerel snapper?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)

Call the Ghostbusters. Or John Constantine.

Posted by: Something strange in the neighborhood at July 11, 2026 10:57 AM (TbWk/)

256 250 I was watching a video of a guy who mentioned Isaiah 53 and its import which I had not considered before.

This book of the old testament was written hundreds of years before Jesus and describes Jesus and his life.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 10:54 AM (sKqQm)
Prophesy.

Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 10:57 AM (LHPAg)

257 'These criminals, whose names from top to bottom are known and documented, will take their wish for a peaceful death in old age and in their beds with them to the grave.

'They must know that this matter does not depend on my existence or that of other officials.'

According to the statement, carried by state-linked Fars news agency, that pledge would be carried out 'soon'. "
Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 10:42 AM (GD0B3)

I do sincerely thank Iran for making our choice of action very clear.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 10:58 AM (VbqNm)

258 244 What if you're not a mackerel snapper?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 11, 2026 10:51 AM

Just wear your magic underwear.

Posted by: Mormons everywhere at July 11, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)

259 Isaiah 53 and its import

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I learned that from Foghorn Leghorn. He was a,ways, "Isaiah! Isaiah!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)

260 I do sincerely thank Iran for making our choice of action very clear.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 10:58 AM (VbqNm)

I think we need to give them more space to repent and see the error of their ways.

Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 11:01 AM (GD0B3)

261 188 I think I found a vehicle
Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 09:57 AM (j9CiB)

Finding an unlocked car with the key in the ignition ok.
Driving off with it is a crime.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:02 AM (/+uur)

262 I do sincerely thank Iran for making our choice of action very clear.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 10:58 AM (VbqNm)
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It's kind of amazing how Trump has managed to change the conflict with Iran from a "war of choice" to one of self defense.

Crazy to think that it's only July. By November the Dems will be chanting "Death to America!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 11:03 AM (ZOv7s)

263 Stay away from freelance exorcists. They will overcharge you !

Posted by: runner at July 11, 2026 11:03 AM (GD0B3)

264 And now, a word from Doktor Rosie . . .

Rosie O'Donnell says Trump's cognitive decline is now impossible to ignore and predicts he won't make it to 2028.

"I don't think he is going to survive that long. His demise is visible and apparent to everyone who is not willfully blind."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

265 I would pray my daily rosary in Latin and the demons would not hang around.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Or play a little Yoko.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Does playing Yoko backwards call or repel them?
Because it repels most everything else.

Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 11, 2026 11:04 AM (pjttl)

266 By November the Dems will be chanting "Death to America!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

They've been doing that for 20 years.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 11, 2026 11:05 AM (pjttl)

267 Rosie O'Donnell says Trump's cognitive decline is now impossible to ignore and predicts he won't make it to 2028.

"I don't think he is going to survive that long. His demise is visible and apparent to everyone who is not willfully blind."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)
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The guy has more screen time than any president in history. It's not even close.

Who came up with this utterly retarded talking point?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 11:06 AM (ZOv7s)

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

Prayers up for all of God's children.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 11, 2026 11:06 AM (D/6p1)

269 Or play a little Yoko.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
But if you start smelling that burning clutch/brake shoe smell get outta there quick.

Posted by: Eromero at July 11, 2026 11:08 AM (LHPAg)

270 They've been doing that for 20 years.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 11, 2026 11:05 AM (pjttl)
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But only on the downlow. Now it's being made part of the party platform. They're going to run on "Death to America! Vote for Mohammed Ahmed Death to America Jihadi Skyhook!"

And Pastor-in-training Talerico. What a ticket!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 11:08 AM (ZOv7s)

271 "I don't think he is going to survive that long. His demise is visible and apparent to everyone who is not willfully blind."

This is another one of those things were no one on the left actually believes this. They saw that Biden's dementia cost him political support and so they in turn claim Trump has dementia hoping it will cost HIM political support.

And the funny part of course, in the '28 election whoever the Republican candidate is we will hear the Democrats argue that *unlike* Trump this is a crazy radical republican you just can't allow into office.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)

272 >>>>>I guess they've ruled that out. Xray showed her organs were normal and working. Her abdomen is just full of fluid.
Posted by: Cosda at July 11, 2026 09:05 AM (zFDCU)

Hoping for the best. But ruling out bloat and torsion is a plus, because time to treatment is of the essence there.
Posted by: Hadrian
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My daughter just texted that her dog was going into surgery now. She didn't say what the vet found.

Posted by: Cosda at July 11, 2026 11:09 AM (zFDCU)

273 Shift the grifting into overdrive!

[Texas House Representative] Jolanda Jones: Talarico is giving out money to White infrastructure and Hispanic infrastructure, but he's not giving it to Black infrastructure. Talarico needs to pay for us to get our voters out.

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Bonus! Check her look at the link.

https://tinyurl.com/muw47yce

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)

274 When opening the comments, does anybody else try to guess the number based on the size of the drag bar on the right? Like when you're walking somewhere, guessing the number of steps it will take.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 11, 2026 11:13 AM (XvL8K)

275 It's a head scratcher alright.

Tim Walz said he couldn't think of "how Minnesota is safer or better" without the child rapist that Marco Rubio deported

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

276 Now have to go to work, take me longer to get there and home than plan to work. But need to make up the cost to get there at least

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 11:14 AM (j9CiB)

277 And the funny part of course, in the '28 election whoever the Republican candidate is we will hear the Democrats argue that *unlike* Trump this is a crazy radical republican you just can't allow into office.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)
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It's stupid on many levels, the biggest being that Trump stepping down would be an absolute nightmare because then Vance would be running as an incumbent.

They are also really trying to make Vance seem worse, and you're already seeing that. "Trump was unhinged, but he wasn't a Catholic! Catholics can't be allowed to be in the White House! Vance is a religious fanatic!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 11:14 AM (ZOv7s)

278 >>> 275 It's a head scratcher alright.

Tim Walz said he couldn't think of "how Minnesota is safer or better" without the child rapist that Marco Rubio deported
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

Gosh, why would Timmeh be so worried about a pedo creeper.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 11, 2026 11:15 AM (R+iUD)

279 Louise Lasser, Star of ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,’ Dies at 87
She was Woody Allen's second wife and his leading lady in 'Bananas' and 'Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex.'

Posted by: SMOD at July 11, 2026 11:15 AM (O7XEN)

280 Tim you stupid dumb bastard, until the rapist shows the fk up Minnesota is safer. When he returns your back to square one.

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 11:15 AM (j9CiB)

281 Global warming. Is there nothing it can't do?

Australian news outlet says climate change is a main cause of child marriage in nations where child marriage has been the norm for thousands of years 🥴

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:16 AM (ndZc7)

282 Bet Rosie didn't think that for the Auto-Pen President

Posted by: Skip at July 11, 2026 11:17 AM (j9CiB)

283 > Rosie O'Donnell says Trump's cognitive decline is now impossible to ignore and predicts he won't make it to 2028.
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I don't think Mz. O'Donnell will make it '28. Fat, terminal TDS, full of hate and tons of ugly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 11, 2026 11:17 AM (jehhT)

284 Badges?! WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' BADGES!

Mexico Vows Criminal Action After ICE Fatally Shoots Illegal Alien Who Allegedly Attempted to Ram Agent With Car

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)

285 Vance is a religious fanatic!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 11, 2026 11:14 AM (ZOv7s)

Vance weird
Vance racist
Vance fanatic
Vance uneducated
Vance rich

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:21 AM (/+uur)

286 Nood!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 11, 2026 11:23 AM (kOluj)

287 Just came down out of the attic, patching a hole where a tree limb fell and bounce off the roof. Makes the story of the Tar Baby feel all too real.

Best part was that it was in the far corner where I had to lay down and reach to get to it. And in that position there is a sewer vent pipe that cuts across the ribs so you have to change position every minute or so in order to take a breath.
But it’s done.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 11, 2026 11:24 AM (VbqNm)

288 Germany: Record High 53% of Gang Rape Suspects Were Foreign Nationals

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Tim Walz can't figure it out.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 11, 2026 11:24 AM (ndZc7)

289 Here’s a fenben protocol I found by online search:

https://shorturl.at/j4RVU

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 11, 2026 11:34 AM (J4mEx)

290 Finding an unlocked car with the key in the ignition ok.
Driving off with it is a crime.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 11, 2026 11:02 AM (/+uur)

Come for the prayers;
Stay for the legal advice!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 11, 2026 11:38 AM (hOUT3)

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