Pre-ONT Open Thread w/Kittehs

this video is very important pic.twitter.com/6gTLQ7DerV
— 🐾 (@fluff) December 16, 2018

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 08:21 PM

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1 I approve of these kitties and of what they do.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 17, 2018 08:21 PM (t+qrx)

2 Ding, ding. Second

Posted by: DR.WTF at December 17, 2018 08:22 PM (T71PA)

3 Cute kitties.

Posted by: Tuna at December 17, 2018 08:23 PM (jm1YL)

4 I love them.

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:23 PM (BXMxN)

5 WHICH ONE OF YOU MOTHERFUCKERS FILMED ME ATTENTION WHORING!

Posted by: alexthechick - Superelite Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at December 17, 2018 08:23 PM (GbPPJ)

6 There are more videos of them with more silly hats.

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:23 PM (BXMxN)

7 Just like Moron Horde Crack Monkeys hitting refresh on election night.

Posted by: davidt at December 17, 2018 08:24 PM (jGvbj)

8 I'm starting to feel whole again.

Posted by: freake at December 17, 2018 08:24 PM (UdKB7)

9 Like this

https://youtu.be/tXKw_rBhOTs

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:24 PM (BXMxN)

10 New Democrats!

Posted by: Bill Nye, scientist at December 17, 2018 08:24 PM (UsCnO)

11 Those kitties deserve extra bc of those horrid hats. And, for making me laugh.

Posted by: Ever at December 17, 2018 08:24 PM (1Zh0U)

12 And this

https://youtu.be/z7TGcQklWCQ

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:24 PM (BXMxN)

13 I was unaware there were Jewish cats.

Posted by: pep at December 17, 2018 08:25 PM (T6t7i)

14 More?

https://youtu.be/wSrMeqQuCLU

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:25 PM (BXMxN)

15 Heh... they catch the drift of things pretty damn quick.

And the look of their faces after they ring the bell...

..."FOOD?!?"

"YESSSS... FOOD!!!"

Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 17, 2018 08:25 PM (W+kMI)

16 Seriously?

https://youtu.be/YlWR4fpnphM

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:25 PM (BXMxN)

17 Hillary has one of these. Actually, she has several she carries with her at all times. Except they aren't for food.

Posted by: pep at December 17, 2018 08:26 PM (T6t7i)

18 Posted by: alexthechick - Superelite Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at December 17, 2018 08:23 PM

*ducks*

It wasn't me!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 17, 2018 08:26 PM (Uw2PZ)

19 The retard is here.These cats are smarter than him.

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:26 PM (BXMxN)

20 repost for da boyz

moderately sfw
https://youtu.be/irt-4-8N0DY

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at December 17, 2018 08:26 PM (BJlbN)

21 I'm starting to feel whole again.
Posted by: freake at December 17, 2018 08:24 PM (UdKB7)

Let your freaked flag fly. Don't let them shame you into being just f'd.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 17, 2018 08:26 PM (/qEW2)

22 WHICH ONE OF YOU MOTHERFUCKERS FILMED ME ATTENTION WHORING!
Posted by: alexthechick - Superelite Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at December 17, 2018 08:23 PM (GbPPJ)

So the "Ragebunny"claim in your nic is a false flag?

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 08:27 PM (yavIa)

23 Pussy hats!

Posted by: Hands at December 17, 2018 08:27 PM (786Ro)

24 Food or... Catnip?

Posted by: davidt at December 17, 2018 08:27 PM (jGvbj)

25 Listening to Oscar McLollie and his Honey Jumpers "Dig That Crazy Santa Claus".......1954.

Get's me in the mood.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 17, 2018 08:27 PM (Z+IKu)

26 *ducks*

It wasn't me!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 17, 2018 08:26 PM (Uw2PZ)

Mmmmhmmmmm.

So the "Ragebunny"claim in your nic is a false flag?
Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 08:27 PM (yavIa)

I can neither confirm or deny.

Posted by: alexthechick - Superelite Ragebunny. Hopping all around. at December 17, 2018 08:28 PM (GbPPJ)

27 Posted by: Rumblefish

Those urinal cakes aren't going to eat themselves, fucknuckle.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 17, 2018 08:28 PM (ZejZP)

28 Miss Philippines walks like a supermodel, which is to say as if her joints aren't very well articulated.

Posted by: pep at December 17, 2018 08:28 PM (T6t7i)

29 This is a funny thread too...

Frankenstein or Sparkling Monster??
https://twitter.com/Reverend_Banjo/status/
1073406969103429632

Posted by: andycanuck at December 17, 2018 08:29 PM (Evws/)

30 Good video. Notice the cats start getting a look like 'What is with this service?!?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 17, 2018 08:29 PM (DwvNG)

31 You spent all that time training them for this video and now what? Now you're trained.

Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2018 08:29 PM (OiC69)

32 Last nights gun thread was really good.... I forgot about the dangle of the angle formula.. It's kind of indicative of the times. No?

Posted by: sOME mORON at December 17, 2018 08:29 PM (ICWiF)

33 If we can feed cats by ringing a bell why can't we just give bells to all the childrens in America? Then there's no more hunger.

Posted by: Alexandria Ocats Cortez at December 17, 2018 08:30 PM (786Ro)

34 Good video. Notice the cats start getting a look like 'What is with this service?!?'
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 17, 2018 08:29 PM (DwvNG)

"My bell... my bell isn't working. Does yours still work?"

Posted by: hogmartin at December 17, 2018 08:31 PM (t+qrx)

35 I don't wanna work,
I just wanna bang on my bell all day.

Posted by: Cats with Bells at December 17, 2018 08:31 PM (DwvNG)

36 https://youtu.be/irt-4-8N0DY
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at December 17, 2018 08:26 PM (BJlbN)

Miss Universe still has a swimsuit competition??? Unwoke sexist filth! I'M TRIGGERED.

/s

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 17, 2018 08:31 PM (/qEW2)

37

Pavlov's pussies

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2018 08:32 PM (aKsyK)

38 If we can feed cats by ringing a bell why can't we just give bells to all the childrens in America? Then there's no more hunger.
Posted by: Alexandria Ocats Cortez at December 17, 2018 08:30 PM (786Ro)

Ok, that right there is thread winner funny.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 17, 2018 08:32 PM (/qEW2)

39 And of course here's Jonah Goldberg praising fellow cuck David Brooks' attack on anyone who didn't care for The Weekly Standard's brand of artisinal vintage neocuck 1996 conservatism: "The negative responses to this column will be like the results of an allergy test. The more intense the response, the greater the evidence of ignorance, idiocy, venality, political pettiness or intellectual corruption."

-
French Obama:

https://bit.ly/2URI6RF

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 17, 2018 08:32 PM (+y/Ru)

40 I watch these dopey Korean videos because I just love this cat.He is a munchkin but alo has a dwarf and has the funniest personality.

https://youtu.be/y--rHPjw3jw

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:33 PM (BXMxN)

41 Then there's no more hunger.
Posted by: Alexandria Ocats Cortez

I can't believe that Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro turned into a real person. It's uncanny.

Posted by: t-bird at December 17, 2018 08:33 PM (OiC69)

42 *If we can feed cats by ringing a bell why can't we just give bells to all the childrens in America? Then there's no more hunger.
Posted by: Alexandria Ocats Cortez at December 17, 2018 08:30 PM (786Ro)*

Contemplated a snarky response.

Then I realized this idiot may truly believe Dims want to solve problems.

I need moar popcorn.

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 08:33 PM (yavIa)

43 You know, if we put a bell in the box we could all go home.

Posted by: Schroedinger's Institute at December 17, 2018 08:34 PM (ZD4HH)

44 omg... thanks for a much needed laugh! So cute!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at December 17, 2018 08:35 PM (dUJdY)

45 I like their little pumkin berets.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2018 08:35 PM (ZD4HH)

46 Better hope those cats don't find those bells at 3am.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 17, 2018 08:36 PM (HCqAo)

47 41 He is a dwarf.Geesh.

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:36 PM (BXMxN)

48 These are not the pavlovs you are looking for.

Posted by: Eromero at December 17, 2018 08:36 PM (zLDYs)

49 Any cat who doesn't ring the bell gets a night in the litter box.

Posted by: davidt at December 17, 2018 08:36 PM (jGvbj)

50 Oh how sweet! Love this. Life is better with cats.

Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 08:37 PM (cS3Yq)

51 Lol.

But if I tried this with my cat, she'd just look at the bell and walk away.

Posted by: Ali Hohler at December 17, 2018 08:37 PM (5aX2M)

52 Mmmm, their fur smells like pumpkin spice

Posted by: Joe Biden's nose at December 17, 2018 08:37 PM (786Ro)

53 FREE! I'M FINALLY FREE!!
I have spent the last few weeks crochet-ing a blanket for the boy spawn. It's what he asked for as a present this Christmas. And today, at 7pm eastern time I finished the blanket! Yay me! I've been so dedicated to this project that I have only popped in to see the mighty horde on rare occasions.
IVE MISSED YOU MANIACS!!

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 08:38 PM (myjNJ)

54 https://youtu.be/irt-4-8N0DY

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at December 17, 2018 08:26 PM (BJlbN)

No one has mentioned that girl has pointy elbows?

Slipping, y'all.

Posted by: blaster at December 17, 2018 08:38 PM (ZfRYq)

55 Pavlov's dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!

Posted by: Peter Venkman at December 17, 2018 08:38 PM (kbXFS)

56 Commie sock off

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 08:38 PM (5aX2M)

57 IVE MISSED YOU MANIACS!!'

Well then.. welcome back!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at December 17, 2018 08:38 PM (dUJdY)

58 finally...the pre ONT.

Posted by: eleven at December 17, 2018 08:39 PM (NLLmE)

59 'Let your freaked flag fly.'

You can ring my bellellell
ring my bell

bell bell
ring it ring it ring it ring it

Posted by: freaked at December 17, 2018 08:39 PM (UdKB7)

60 Cats are so civilized, dignified. Always one or two rings, as if they were aware of some rule of etiquette. That's why I perceive them as the most intelligent animal after humans. They never behave like animals but like well mannered human beings.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 17, 2018 08:40 PM (/qEW2)

61

One cannot crotchet and 'ment at the ol' HQ at the same time?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at December 17, 2018 08:40 PM (RqBBh)

62 Better hope those cats don't find those bells at 3am.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 17, 2018 08:36 PM (HCqAo)

It's all over when the cat figures out how to turn on the touch-sensitive reading lamp on the nightstand. You can get rid of the lamp, but now the cat "knows" how lamps work, and will keep trying to fix the new one for you. Because it's broken, obviously.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 17, 2018 08:40 PM (t+qrx)

63 Huh. In the video I saw on YouTube, they weren't wearing pumpkin hats. Twitter videos don't work for me.

Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2018 08:40 PM (sdi6R)

64 Yeah, cats have us trained really well.
I just passed by mine in the garage, he was using the litter box.
The look he gave me...
"Geez! Can't a guy get any privacy around here???"

Posted by: navybrat on a mission from Odin at December 17, 2018 08:40 PM (w7KSn)

65 >> That's why I perceive them as the most intelligent animal after humans.

Pretty sure pigs are smarter than cats.

Also. More delicious.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2018 08:41 PM (ZD4HH)

66 Huh. In the video I saw on YouTube, they weren't wearing pumpkin hats. Twitter videos don't work for me.
Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2018 08:40 PM (sdi6R)

They have different hats, and wear whichever hat the occasion warrants.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 17, 2018 08:42 PM (t+qrx)

67 Damn. Toyota's holiday ad is treacly.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 08:42 PM (5aX2M)

68 63 Huh. In the video I saw on YouTube, they weren't wearing pumpkin hats. Twitter videos don't work for me.
Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2018 08:40 PM (sdi6R)

Pumpkin Hat hater.

Posted by: eleven at December 17, 2018 08:42 PM (NLLmE)

69

This is vintage HQ! Love it!

Posted by: In Vino Veritits at December 17, 2018 08:42 PM (UFLLM)

70
I still haven't put lights up.

The neighbors are gonna think Joos live here.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at December 17, 2018 08:42 PM (RqBBh)

71 WRT money for The Wall: PDT can make the simple case that the "border barrier" will MORE than pay for itself eventually (likely in weeks or months) simply in the raw savings of not handing out the eventually more than $5 billion that the otherwise perpetually newly-invading hordes (and their subsequent anchor babies/chain-migration relatives) would collect from the U.S. Treasury in welfare, education, food, housing, etc. and other transfer payments.

Posted by: ShainS - #WokeStasi Dragnet Survivor at December 17, 2018 08:42 PM (WqPYg)

72 Alternate title: "Pavlov's Human"

Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2018 08:42 PM (sdi6R)

73 >>Pretty sure pigs are smarter than cats.

>>Also. More delicious.

A pig that smart you don't eat all at once.

Posted by: Just the punchline at December 17, 2018 08:42 PM (/tuJf)

74 Sorry soothsayer but I couldn't. I start a project and just can't stop until it's finished.

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 08:43 PM (myjNJ)

75 >>In the video I saw on YouTube, they weren't wearing pumpkin hats.

Those cats were imposters.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2018 08:43 PM (ZD4HH)

76 Pretty sure pigs are smarter than cats.

Also. More delicious.
Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2018 08:41 PM (ZD4HH)

You been heah foar hoors. You go now!

Association of Chinese Restaurants

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 08:43 PM (yavIa)

77 give me "Santa Got Run Over By My Chevy" by Manic Hispanic
or
"Father Christmas" by The Kinks

yeah, i've never been one much for Christmas...

so sue me.

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 17, 2018 08:43 PM (zJ7J0)

78 68 Watch my youtube links upthread.It is the same cats.

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:44 PM (BXMxN)

79
My cat does that, but instead of ringing a bell, it starts shredding the mattress, having presumably noticed that this gets my attention.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 17, 2018 08:45 PM (UD94U)

80 >>Watch my youtube links upthread.It is the same cats.

You can't prove that.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2018 08:45 PM (ZD4HH)

81 No way this particular behavioral training could backfire...

Posted by: Insomniac at December 17, 2018 08:46 PM (NWiLs)

82 I have litters of bell ringing kittens!

Posted by: Kitt Rombley at December 17, 2018 08:47 PM (ZD4HH)

83 45 I like their little pumkin berets.
Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2018 08:35 PM (ZD4HH)

This gives me an idea...

Posted by: The formerly alive artist formerly known as Prince at December 17, 2018 08:47 PM (NWiLs)

84 While in high school we had a long boring bus ride and after all the little Santa believers were off the bus we would make up new and awful lyrics to Christmas songs.
Such as...
Up on the house top reindeer fell
Then I thought I smelled a smell
Looked out the door and
There I saw
Poor little Rudolph
Splattered on the wall.
Ho, ho, ho
He'll never go
Ho,ho,ho
Back to the pole
Out on the wall he made a stain
That's where Rudolph will remain.

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 08:50 PM (myjNJ)

85 The one on the right is almost a Kitler. He just lacks the mustache.

Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2018 08:50 PM (sdi6R)

86 The Wall must be built, in order for evil like this to not take foot or paw in America.

Posted by: Bill Nye, scientist at December 17, 2018 08:51 PM (UsCnO)

87 Their hats just make the video.

Posted by: bluebell at December 17, 2018 08:52 PM (U5tDi)

88 Somewhere MisHum is deleting a story for The Pet Thread.

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 08:52 PM (yavIa)

89 and the amazing Jewells pulls if off again. Beautiful bracelets for my mom/daughter date on Saturday.

Posted by: Infidel at December 17, 2018 08:53 PM (PF4TZ)

90 Somewhere MisHum is deleting a story for The Pet Thread.
Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 08:52 PM (yavIa)
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while muttering darkly.

Posted by: bluebell at December 17, 2018 08:53 PM (U5tDi)

91 Moar kitties, please.

Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 08:54 PM (cS3Yq)

92 After the Trumpster is gone, the Wall will remain.

That is what the kats are scared of.

And why they are ringing their bells about it.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 17, 2018 08:55 PM (UsCnO)

93 Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 08:50 PM (myjNJ)

You, madam, are a musical genius.

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 08:56 PM (yavIa)

94 Moar kitties, please.
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 08:54 PM (cS3Yq)

Ding your bell, ALH. That's how you get more of something.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 17, 2018 08:56 PM (t+qrx)

95 This tiger and this deer are exactly the same as a housecat with a rabbit, which is why I love housecats.

Warning: if you love Bambi, this is savage...

https://youtu.be/o3WbV53z1KY

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 08:56 PM (5aX2M)

96 Here they are without hats

https://youtu.be/wzh0EuLhRhE

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:56 PM (BXMxN)

97
The one on the right is almost a Kitler. He just lacks the mustache.
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He's the Argentinian breed.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 17, 2018 08:57 PM (Evws/)

98 Sharing one bell

https://youtu.be/XzjtYNCNMCw

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:57 PM (BXMxN)

99 Playing a keyboard

https://youtu.be/fLi43gS6VW4

Posted by: steevy at December 17, 2018 08:58 PM (BXMxN)

100 The one on the right is almost a Kitler. He just lacks the mustache.
Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2018 08:50 PM (sdi6R)
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rickl, I was just looking at that photo of the safe-space kitty I mentioned in the last thread. It was actually the Gender Ambiguous Cat of the Day. Remember the purple one that was leaping through the air? He had just seen Hamilton - twice!

Posted by: bluebell at December 17, 2018 08:58 PM (U5tDi)

101 Ding, ding

Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 08:59 PM (cS3Yq)

102 @53

Was it a granny square blanket or Afghan?

I taught myself to crochet so I could make blankets and gloves, and hats I'm slow as shit but in the burning times with a hook and some yarn I'm got something to barter with.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 17, 2018 09:01 PM (qxq6t)

103
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Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at December 17, 2018 09:01 PM (RqBBh)

104
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Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at December 17, 2018 09:01 PM (RqBBh)

105 Warning: if you love Bambi, this is savage...

https://youtu.be/o3WbV53z1KY
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 08:56 PM (5aX2M)

The people with the camera were damn lucky there was a deer there to distract the tiger.

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:01 PM (yavIa)

106 Ojos Locos has been working too hard.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announces 'self-care' break before congressional session even starts

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 17, 2018 09:02 PM (+y/Ru)

107 Ding, ding
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 08:59 PM (cS3Yq)

Sorry, fresh out of cats. All we have left is baby sloths in festive pajamas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRJlj8bkx4c

Posted by: hogmartin at December 17, 2018 09:03 PM (t+qrx)

108 Posted by: Infidel at December 17, 2018 08:53 PM (PF4TZ)

Thanks !! I was in luck having some Nutcracker and ballet slipper charms.

Posted by: Jewells45 at December 17, 2018 09:04 PM (dUJdY)

109 The people with the camera were damn lucky there was a deer there to distract the tiger.
Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:01 PM (yavIa)

-----

I thought the same thing.

But, the I thought: rare footage of a tiger making a kill in the wild. If it were me, I'd be transfixed, too. It's beautiful.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 09:04 PM (5aX2M)

110 Jonah Goldberg hates these kittehs and if you don't hate them, he preemptively says you're ignorant, petty, and immoral because RESIST! and Left-money.

Posted by: dagny at December 17, 2018 09:04 PM (nRWPy)

111 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announces 'self-care' break before congressional session even starts
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 17, 2018 09:02 PM (+y/Ru)

I read that as Nancy has explained to the kid how this all works. Or else.

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:04 PM (yavIa)

112 Be well all. I'm off to for a nap. Prolly will pop up in the middle of the night.

Posted by: Farmer at December 17, 2018 09:05 PM (yJ1e6)

113 I'll take Dachshunds for $200, Alex.

Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 09:05 PM (cS3Yq)

114 Negatory Ghostrider, Cats are never important.

Posted by: Don Q at December 17, 2018 09:05 PM (NgKpN)

115 BTW: those are NOT pumpkin hats...

they're oranges.

you're welcome.

Posted by: redc1c4 at December 17, 2018 09:05 PM (zJ7J0)

116
The homily the priest said at the Mass for the suicide, which the family interrupted and objected to, is available.

https://tinyurl.com/ybjkw933

Of it, canon lawyer Ed Peters says:

"More importantly, and flatly contrary to how LaCuesta's homily has been portrayed in the media, I don't see Hell mentioned anywhere, anywhere, nor any language that relegates this poor young man thereto, and instead I see clarion reminders of the mercy of Christ recited at least half-a-dozen times. I see, too, the moral gravity of suicide - itself approaching epidemic proportions among Americans today - directly acknowledged and fears about its eternal consequences candidly admitted, but I also see consoling references to how much more God knows about one's life than do those even closest to Him and how much that deeper, likely mitigating, divine knowledge leaves the rest of us mortals, grieving a suicide, room for real hope. And I see real sympathy for the powerless, abject suffering visited on those left behind by a suicide, on people who would have moved heaven and earth to help a child seriously considering self-destruction, but who are now forever bereft of that chance (save for their prayers for the departed, of course).

"And yet these few, balanced, honest, words were twice interrupted by family members for their failure 'to celebrate the life of the deceased', and the secular media, always ready to encourage a 'Let's you and him fight' scenario when it comes to Catholics and the Church, fomented a picture of this priest as a heartless thug without citing so much as a single independently-reported word of his homily?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2018 09:06 PM (LsBY9)

117 I saw a hilarious video on FB today of Ryker the german shepherd who life purpose will not be as a therapy dog.
https://youtu.be/ND63UPelkIw

Posted by: paleRider at December 17, 2018 09:08 PM (eASYU)

118 Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 08:50 PM (myjNJ)

Rudolf the Red nosed Ranger
Had a very shiny gun
and if you ever saw it
You would turn around and run

All of the other Rangers
used to laugh and call him name
But Rudolf the Red nosed Ranger...

Shot the holy living shit out of them.

Posted by: Don Q at December 17, 2018 09:08 PM (NgKpN)

119 Thanks tbodie! I'm just sitting with a beverage, pondering my next Christmas present purchase, and posting random shit.

The girl child will be 13 on January 1 and no longer buys the Santa shtick. This year she wants books, again. Her list includes WW1 and WW2, Asian history, European history (emphasis on black plague ) and now I'm trying to find good, factual books on these subjects that give a good overview of the subject without bias. She reads at a level somewhat equal to a first yr college student in comprehension. Just gotta find the right books.

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:08 PM (myjNJ)

120 32 Last nights gun thread was really good.... I forgot about the dangle of the angle formula.. It's kind of indicative of the times. No?
Posted by: sOME mORON at December 17, 2018 08:29 PM (ICWiF)
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Well I'm glad you liked it! Thank you!

Posted by: Weasel - Special Assistant to bluebell for NoVaMoMe 2019 at December 17, 2018 09:09 PM (MVjcR)

121 That tabby is seriously focused. I like how it starts hitting both bells at the end when the food is not forthcoming. Try anything!

Posted by: Infidel Librarian at December 17, 2018 09:09 PM (gkwyr)

122 Slow around here...everyone is off watching cat videos.
Those can't be sloths...they are moving too much and too quickly!!! The humanity!!! Those poor naked sloths!

Posted by: lin-duh galt at December 17, 2018 09:09 PM (kufk0)

123 She reads at a level somewhat equal to a first yr college student in comprehension. Just gotta find the right books.

Jesus.. my 34 year old still plays video games.

Posted by: Jewells45 at December 17, 2018 09:10 PM (dUJdY)

124 This guy is a Moron...

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9qdfugk

Posted by: davidt at December 17, 2018 09:11 PM (jGvbj)

125 That tabby is seriously focused. I like how it starts hitting both bells at the end when the food is not forthcoming. Try anything!

I know! That's what got me laughing so hard!

Posted by: Jewells45 at December 17, 2018 09:11 PM (dUJdY)

126 Won't somebody please think about the butterflies?

"I Voted For Trump. Now His Wall May Destroy My Butterfly Paradise."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 17, 2018 09:11 PM (+y/Ru)

127 Posted by: ShainS - #WokeStasi Dragnet Survivor at December 17, 2018 08:42 PM (WqPYg)

Nope.... 2000 mile long Solar Panel Farm.

Make the Dems vote against saving the planet...the bastards!

Posted by: Don Q at December 17, 2018 09:11 PM (NgKpN)

128 @102
Not granny square. My crochet skills don't go that far. Just a big ol 4ft x 7ft single crochet blanket.

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:12 PM (myjNJ)

129 Jesus.. my 34 year old still plays video games.
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 17, 2018 09:10 PM (dUJdY)

And I'm 59, retired Military, independent and well off... and play video games.

Your point?

Posted by: Don Q at December 17, 2018 09:12 PM (NgKpN)

130 Jesus.. my 34 year old still plays video games.
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 17, 2018 09:10 PM (dUJdY)

*shifty eyes*

Yeah, those '34 year olds'.

Posted by: Cats with Bells at December 17, 2018 09:13 PM (DwvNG)

131 Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:08 PM (myjNJ)

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

Posted by: Walker at December 17, 2018 09:13 PM (5ZRXN)

132
Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:08 PM (myjNJ)

"A Time-Traveler's to Medieval England" by Ian Mortimer, who wrote similar books on Elizabethan England and Restoration England.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2018 09:13 PM (LsBY9)

133
Just gotta find the right books.
Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:08 PM (myjNJ

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Modern Asian history is one of my favorite subjects, too. I might suggest Wild Swans by Jung Chang. Also anything about China by Jung Chang + Jon Halladay. Also The Private Life of Chairman Mao by Li Zhi-sui.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 17, 2018 09:15 PM (oGNNA)

134 Oh my goodness, I just received the most beautiful centerpiece from Dad's sister and b-I-l from LLBean. Live greenery and a candle. I'm shocked and surprised.

Posted by: Infidel at December 17, 2018 09:15 PM (PF4TZ)

135 Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:08 PM (myjNJ)

I highly recommend James L. Stokesbury's A Brief History of World War I and A Brief History of World War II. He also wrote a good history of the Royal Navy and sea power's influence on the British Empire titled Navy and Empire.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 17, 2018 09:16 PM (Uw2PZ)

136 Thanks for the book recommendations folks. Im stuck with real stores since shipping is problematic. Will see if I can find these.

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:16 PM (myjNJ)

137 121
That tabby is seriously focused. I like how it starts hitting both
bells at the end when the food is not forthcoming. Try anything!

Posted by: Infidel Librarian at December 17, 2018 09:09 PM (gkwyr)

Yup. Democrat cats.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 17, 2018 09:18 PM (UsCnO)

138 Tragically, these cats were smashed with mallets soon after by chimps, who had been conditioned to make the cats meow in order to obtain treats.

Posted by: Cats are expendable at December 17, 2018 09:18 PM (H5knJ)

139 The girl child will be 13 on January 1 and no longer buys the Santa shtick. This year she wants books, again. Her list includes WW1 and WW2, Asian history, European history (emphasis on black plague ) and now I'm trying to find good, factual books on these subjects that give a good overview of the subject without bias. She reads at a level somewhat equal to a first yr college student in comprehension. Just gotta find the right books.

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Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump, has written a number of popular (as opposed to academic) histories. I particularly enjoyed A Storm In Flanders about the Brits in the Ypres salient. Churchill, Hitler, Flanders Field in WWI.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 17, 2018 09:21 PM (+y/Ru)

140 Madamemayhem: I recently read "Dead Wake" by Erik Larson. It's about the sinking of the Lusitania, which of course was during WWI. The narrative switches back and forth between the Lusitania, the U-20, and British Intelligence. It's a fast-moving story that is highly engaging.

Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2018 09:22 PM (sdi6R)

141 A really good Christmas gift would be a giant Mueller or Comey head kitty litter box with a big open mouth right in the middle.

Posted by: mikeyG at December 17, 2018 09:22 PM (LL1Be)

142 ''European history (emphasis on black plague )''

''The Great Mortality" by John Kelly. Excellent book about the Black Plague. Lots of first person accounts.

Posted by: Tuna at December 17, 2018 09:24 PM (jm1YL)

143 I thought the same thing.

But, the I thought: rare footage of a tiger making a kill in the wild. If it were me, I'd be transfixed, too. It's beautiful.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 09:04 PM (5aX2M)

There was a Dr Who episode (Talons of Weng Chiang? Image of Fendahl?) where one of the characters said something like "one may appreciate the beauty of the tiger even as it pounces to devour you".

I love how the tiger does the classic neck bite asphyxiation maneuver.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 17, 2018 09:24 PM (/qEW2)

144 Ojos Locos has been working too hard.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announces 'self-care' break before congressional session even starts

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 17, 2018 09:02 PM (+y/Ru)

Congressing is hard even if you haven't started yet.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 17, 2018 09:24 PM (SiINZ)

145 I say dress them up in little NE Patriots hats and serve them little lumps of coal.

Posted by: Fritz at December 17, 2018 09:24 PM (Z9C5C)

146 I've read Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer. Twice.

He's the good Nazi.

Posted by: eleven at December 17, 2018 09:24 PM (NLLmE)

147 Did Christmas shopping today. Almost done and mostly done w/ groceries. Beat to hell, off for a nap.

Be well you Morons.

Posted by: Farmer at December 17, 2018 09:24 PM (yJ1e6)

148 ''European history (emphasis on black plague )''

''The Great Mortality" by John Kelly. Excellent book about the Black Plague. Lots of first person accounts.

Posted by: Tuna at December 17, 2018 09:24 PM (jm1YL)

The term black plague is still allowed and not considered racist yet?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 17, 2018 09:25 PM (SiINZ)

149 No offense meant DonQ.. hell I still play them occasionally. I was just making a silly remark about the contrast between her grand daughter and my kid. And my kid is great so I have to put that out there. Works her ass off.

Posted by: Jewells45 at December 17, 2018 09:25 PM (dUJdY)

150
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announces 'self-care' break before congressional session even starts

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 17, 2018 09:02 PM (+y/Ru)

Translation: Nancy jerked a knot in her rear-end.

Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 09:26 PM (cS3Yq)

151 Just gotta find the right books.
Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:08 PM (myjNJ)

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A good starting point, particularly the ancient stuff, is look for good primary and secondary sources in the bibliography.

For instance: I disagree with some of Tuchman's conclusions about WWI, but The Guns of August is impeccably researched and written.

So is Rise and Fall of The Third Reich by Shirer. Also, his Collapse of the Third Republic.

Asian history: The Opium Wars by Sanello/Hanes. Exciting stuff for a kid, and with dreadful moral implications.

The Gulag Archipelago and Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Solzhenitsyn.

Democracy in America by de Tocqueville.

Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.

Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 09:26 PM (5aX2M)

152 The term black plague is still allowed and not considered racist yet?

Posted by: TheQuietMan

We prefer "plague of color" now.

Posted by: kollige history profs at December 17, 2018 09:26 PM (P1f+c)

153 Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:08 PM (myjNJ)

Looks like you have done a solid job with that one.

Anyone who is interested in 20th century history, I would recommend 'The Great Terror' by Robert Conquest. It is pretty dense, but important stuff. Not graphic, except when it finally sinks in the numbers he is talking about.

I am checking out Amazon to see if I can find 'Russia in WWII' which was used in a class on the subject in college.

As far as Bubonic plague stuff, I would have to go back through my textbooks. Most of them were... dry, to put it mildly. 'Diary of a Plague Year' is used a lot.

If she is interested in diseases, there are a couple good texts I have on Tuberculosis that I can recommend the titles of.

Posted by: Cats with Bells at December 17, 2018 09:27 PM (DwvNG)

154 Translation: Nancy jerked a knot in her rear-end.
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 09:26 PM (cS3Yq)

I know Occasional Cortex is only 28 and I am 29, but damn! That girl is stupid.

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:28 PM (yavIa)

155
The MFM was all aflutter today because a tranny was in the Miss Universe pageant. The further deterioration of what's left of society should be applauded comrades. In fact, make all beauty pageant contestants men pretending to be women just so the insane asylum that the modern world wants to be can be complete

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 17, 2018 09:28 PM (SiINZ)

156
Won't somebody please think about the butterflies?

"I Voted For Trump. Now His Wall May Destroy My Butterfly Paradise."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler

Don't forget about the Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl and his buddies.

https://tinyurl.com/yaxlpabz

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 17, 2018 09:29 PM (aKsyK)

157 I know Occasional Cortex is only 28 and I am 29, but damn! That girl is stupid.
Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:28 PM (yavIa)

She sure has a lot of teeth.

Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 09:29 PM (cS3Yq)

158 test

Posted by: otho at December 17, 2018 09:30 PM (LkFnL)

159 Fortunately for me my beagle is too stupid to ever be taught to ring a bell for more food.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2018 09:30 PM (+lVUW)

160 The girl child will be 13 on January 1 and no longer buys the Santa shtick. This year she wants books, again. Her list includes WW1 and WW2,
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There is so much WWII information out there that it is difficult to suggest just a few.

My current read, is 'Moscow, 1941', Braithwaite. The first two chapters of book provide a historical background on the city, as well as a terrific overview of evolving Bolshevik structure, and it's horrifying costs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at December 17, 2018 09:30 PM (CDGwz)

161 I know Occasional Cortex is only 28 and I am 29, but damn! That girl is stupid.

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:28 PM (yavIa)

Fredo Occasional Cortex: It ain't the way I wanted it! I can handle things. I'm smart. Not like everybody says, like dumb. I'm smart and I want respect!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 17, 2018 09:30 PM (SiINZ)

162 Are those Pavlov's cats?

Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 09:30 PM (cS3Yq)

163 Posted by: otho at December 17, 2018 09:30 PM (LkFnL)

No grade.

You need to do a make-up test.

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:31 PM (yavIa)

164 I think I could get WeaselDog to ring a bell like that for treats.

Posted by: Weasel - Special Assistant to bluebell for NoVaMoMe 2019 at December 17, 2018 09:31 PM (MVjcR)

165 Bernie Sanders Accused Of Using Government To Target Company That Ran Political Ad Against Him

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Don't make him mad. You wouldn't like him when he's mad.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 17, 2018 09:32 PM (+y/Ru)

166 162 Are those Pavlov's cats?
Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 09:30 PM (cS3Yq)

No, it's Pavlov's Human, as I said upthread.

Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2018 09:32 PM (sdi6R)

167 Fortunately for me my beagle is too stupid to ever be taught to ring a bell for more food.
Posted by: nerdygirl
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The Adorable Miss Sophie lowers her head, rolls her eyes up and whines softly and plaintively.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at December 17, 2018 09:32 PM (CDGwz)

168 Cats in Hats doo doo doo doo doo doo
Cats in Hats doo doo doo doo doo doo
Cats in Hats doo doo doo doo doo doo
Cats in Hats

Posted by: Baby Shark doo doo doo doo doo doo at December 17, 2018 09:32 PM (yODqO)

169 Are those cats? Or intergalactic Jewish lizards in disguise?

Posted by: David Icke at December 17, 2018 09:32 PM (/qEW2)

170 I love how the tiger does the classic neck bite asphyxiation maneuver.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 17, 2018 09:24 PM (/qEW2)

The chittering stutter cats do when they're frustrated by the sight of something that they want to murder but can't reach is supposed to be a kind of anticipatory killing bite reflex.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO-ue_5exmU

Posted by: hogmartin at December 17, 2018 09:34 PM (t+qrx)

171 No way I am putting a bell like that within 100 feet of Ajax. I used bells on the door when he was a puppy- and he picked it up right away. Then he started to see how loud he could get them to jangle and there is nothing quite as annoying after a long night at work that listening to that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 17, 2018 09:34 PM (DwvNG)

172 Bernie Sanders Accused Of Using Government To Target Company That Ran Political Ad Against Him
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Could be worse. Jane would drive them into bankruptcy with fraudulent loans, while feeding the money to her kids, and stripping out the rest in golden parachute.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at December 17, 2018 09:34 PM (CDGwz)

173 The girl child will be 13 on January 1 and no longer buys the Santa shtick. This year she wants books, again. Her list includes WW1 and WW2, Asian history, European history (emphasis on black plague ) and now I'm trying to find good, factual books on these subjects that give a good overview of the subject without bias. She reads at a level somewhat equal to a first yr college student in comprehension. Just gotta find the right books.

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:08 PM

The Pageant Of England series by Thomas Costain... 4 volumes covering the rise, rule and fall of the Plantagenets. For WW2 The Road To Stalingrad and The Road To Berlin, both by John Erickson.

Posted by: otho at December 17, 2018 09:35 PM (LkFnL)

174 Apparently there are some words not allowed in nics.

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:35 PM (yavIa)

175 165
Bernie Sanders Accused Of Using Government To Target Company That Ran Political Ad Against Him

How is this any different from any other Democrat / Government Officials Authorized to Shoot You activity?

Let's ask Christopher Steele, FusionGPS, and Perkins Coie what they think.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 17, 2018 09:35 PM (UsCnO)

176 Posted by: David Icke at December 17, 2018 09:32 PM (/qEW2)

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Both lizards and cats have nictitating membranes.

The cats are wearing yarmulkes.

QED: Lizard Jew Cats.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 09:36 PM (5aX2M)

177 My current read, is 'Moscow, 1941', Braithwaite. The first two chapters of book provide a historical background on the city, as well as a terrific overview of evolving Bolshevik structure, and it's horrifying costs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at December 17, 2018 09:30 PM (CDGwz)

The thing you get by studying Russian history is that they have always been a mess- and/or used as a litter box by various assholes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 17, 2018 09:36 PM (DwvNG)

178 Mike H., have you read to October 1941 yet? Just curious how that author treats the panic that dissolved the fear that was the primary basis of Soviet power for a few days that month. Have added that book to my list.

A similar one, but for Stalingrad, is Voices from Stalingrad by Jonathan Bastable. Of course it is almost all "voices" of soldiers (both sides), as few civilians were in the picture, unlike Moscow, where of course the Germans never managed to penetrate the city itself.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 17, 2018 09:37 PM (QDnY+)

179 The cats are wearing yarmulkes.

QED: Lizard Jew Cats.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 09:36 PM (5aX2M)

It always comes back to the Jews.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 17, 2018 09:37 PM (DwvNG)

180 Jewells it's my daughter. No grandkids yet.
Cats with bells... she is looking for black plague specifically. She is an artist and finds plague masks very interesting.
Rickl... I just saw that at Barnes and noble! I almost bought it but wasn't sure. Probably going back this week so I might pick it up.

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:38 PM (myjNJ)

181 @128

In typical manlike fashion, I wasn't satisfied with just starting off simple, oh no, I learned how to make grannie squares but not just any old granny squares, sun burst grannie squares and flower granny square, all kinds of granny squares but the one problem, the one minor detail is I could never figure or master how to connect them all properly because each type of grannie square is a slightly different size and hole count so my blankets always looked like misshapen blob blankets.

They do keep you warm though.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 17, 2018 09:38 PM (qxq6t)

182 A similar one, but for Stalingrad, is Voices from Stalingrad by Jonathan Bastable. Of course it is almost all "voices" of soldiers (both sides), as few civilians were in the picture, unlike Moscow, where of course the Germans never managed to penetrate the city itself.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 17, 2018 09:37 PM (QDnY+)

I remember someone mentioning that one. Sounded interesting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 17, 2018 09:38 PM (DwvNG)

183 Cats ringing bells?

So that is how an Irishman becomes Mexican and runs for the Senate in Texas!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 17, 2018 09:38 PM (UsCnO)

184 Way off topic, probably already mentioned and will be willowed, or Bah'd

Alex the Chick for Attorney General!!!
The Senate hearings will be epic.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at December 17, 2018 09:39 PM (2dhrM)

185 Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:38 PM (myjNJ)

oops.. sorry, my bad.

Posted by: Jewells45 at December 17, 2018 09:39 PM (dUJdY)

186 Fortunately for me my beagle is too stupid to ever be taught to ring a bell for more food.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2018 09:30 PM (+lVUW)

Lydia is profoundly dumb, but cute. She has a gravity feeder with a hopper above the bowl that refills throughout the day when the bowl is empty (so I don't have to ask the neighbors to feed her if I'm stuck at work late). When it's jammed, instead of batting at it or sticking a paw in the chute to clear it, she purrs and nuzzles her head against the hopper until it dislodges it and the food falls out. "Oh food... I love you so much."

Posted by: hogmartin at December 17, 2018 09:39 PM (t+qrx)

187
Oh dear. My sister has sent us a box with shortbread, English toffee, pecan truffles and chocolate nut crisps. Whatever will we do with them?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2018 09:40 PM (LsBY9)

188 Apparently there are some words not allowed in nics.
Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:35 PM

Indeed, there is one commenter who's nic has been retired.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 17, 2018 09:40 PM (DMUuz)

189 "Oh food... I love you so much."
Posted by: hogmartin at December 17, 2018 09:39 PM (t+qrx)

Well. It works, doesn't it?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 17, 2018 09:40 PM (DwvNG)

190
Oh dear. My sister has sent us a box with shortbread, English toffee, pecan truffles and chocolate nut crisps. Whatever will we do with them?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2018 09:40 PM (LsBY9)

I would be happy to take them off your hands, but I'm a diet.

Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 09:41 PM (cS3Yq)

191 187

Oh dear. My sister has sent us a box with shortbread, English
toffee, pecan truffles and chocolate nut crisps. Whatever will we do
with them?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2018 09:40 PM (LsBY9)

You will enjoy gaining weight.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 17, 2018 09:41 PM (UsCnO)

192 Treacher blocked me long before Goldberg or French did.

I can predict cucks by how they react to havong their ideological failures pointed out.

Posted by: dagny at December 17, 2018 09:41 PM (nRWPy)

193 With World War I, I'm interested in the beginning of the war, when it was still fluid, before it got bogged down in trench warfare.

"The Guns of August" has already been mentioned.

I've read "The Marne 1914" by Holger H. Herwig and "Death of an Army" by Anthony Farrar-Hockley. Both cover battles in the autumn of 1914.

Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2018 09:41 PM (sdi6R)

194 Whatever will we do with them?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2018 09:40 PM (LsBY9)

Well, they do not work too well as shoe insoles.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 17, 2018 09:41 PM (DwvNG)

195 Indeed, there is one commenter who's nic has been retired.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 17, 2018 09:40 PM (DMUuz)

Who?

Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 09:41 PM (cS3Yq)

196 Hi dagny!

Posted by: Weasel - Special Assistant to bluebell for NoVaMoMe 2019 at December 17, 2018 09:41 PM (MVjcR)

197
Indeed, there is one commenter who's nic has been retired.

Posted by: Duncanthrax

Is that like a sports team retiring a player's number?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2018 09:42 PM (LsBY9)

198 Well. It works, doesn't it?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 17, 2018 09:40 PM (DwvNG)

It's a unique approach, but it works. And I don't think she's being disingenuous, I think she really does enjoy food's company.

Posted by: hogmartin at December 17, 2018 09:42 PM (t+qrx)

199 67 Damn. Toyota's holiday ad is treacly.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

It seems that most of the Christmas ads this year celebrate "differences". Makes me want to gag. And, oh yes, someone is demanding same sex Barbie dolls. Apparently they're too stupid to just go out and buy 2 Ken dolls.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 17, 2018 09:42 PM (+lVUW)

200 Schools Ordered to Teach Eight-Year-Olds That 'Boys Can Have Periods Too'

Breitbart

https://tinyurl.com/yb85pmyp

Posted by: SMH at December 17, 2018 09:43 PM (RU4sa)

201 I like the Publix ads. Always so sentimental.

Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 09:43 PM (cS3Yq)

202 Hey everybody.

Theresa May announces there will be no second referendum on Brexit

She's been listening to her old Elvis records.
"It's now or never..."

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2018 09:43 PM (miE9U)

203 In spite of criticisms, Tuchman, 'Distant Mirror'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at December 17, 2018 09:44 PM (CDGwz)

204 Oh... Modern Times, A History of Christianity, and A History of the Jews, all by Paul Johnson.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 09:44 PM (5aX2M)

205 203 In spite of criticisms, Tuchman, 'Distant Mirror'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at December 17, 2018 09:44 PM (CDGwz)

Excellent choice.

Posted by: ALH at December 17, 2018 09:44 PM (cS3Yq)

206 Aetius it's a very interesting book. Much of the material comes from veterans interviewed by the author, and the son of the most famous Soviet commander (Chuikov, 62nd Army) there.

Two colorful items from it. The city of course was mostly wrecked, and evacuated. Soviet commanders had their HQs in dug-outs, large draining pipes, or other improvised shelter. But they began using nice doors, looted from wrecked buildings, for their entrances. So these dirty sand-bagged field HQs would sometimes have beautiful doors. Bizarre.

And Mosin-Nagant shooters would be amused/comforted to learn from a veteran of the Red October factory battle (fought *inside* the factory) that 1) his shoulder became very sore from constant shooting 2) he had to use a piece of cement or brick to close/open the bolt after the dust/filth began to impede operation 3) during prolonged engagements the rifle became too hot to hold, through the birch front handguard.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 17, 2018 09:45 PM (QDnY+)

207 Is that like a sports team retiring a player's number?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2018 09:42 PM

That ... would be ... one way ... to look at it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 17, 2018 09:45 PM (DMUuz)

208 Treacher isn't a cuck; he's broken. And I think the subtext of his rant is a longstanding personal vendetta against us right here in The Horde.

We can all choose not to be broken, but that takes metanoia. And metanoia is hard.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 17, 2018 09:46 PM (ykYG2)

209 For instance: I disagree with some of Tuchman's conclusions about WWI, but The Guns of August is impeccably researched and written.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 09:26 PM (5aX2M)
No, it is not. It is well-written, at least in terms of being an exciting narrative, but it gives almost exactly the wrong impression of the start of WWI, precisely because she didn't really research anything, but just re-wrote from a limited range of sources and wasn't really well-informed. In exactly the wrong areas, she deals with complex and critical issues in a single sentence.

But don't take my word for it. I post this link every time this subject comes up, to an article from a better historian titled "That Terrible Tuchman Woman": https://bit.ly/2ErY92O, which contains links, in turn, to much better works on the subject. I particularly recommend July 1914 and The Sleepwalkers.

Posted by: HTL at December 17, 2018 09:46 PM (RwInT)

210 Schools Ordered to Teach Eight-Year-Olds That 'Boys Can Have Periods Too'

Breitbart

https://tinyurl.com/yb85pmyp
Posted by: SMH at December 17, 2018 09:43 PM (RU4sa)

The party of science seems to reject the living hell out of biology

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 17, 2018 09:46 PM (SiINZ)

211 In spite of criticisms, Tuchman, 'Distant Mirror'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,etc. at December 17, 2018 09:44 PM (CDGwz)

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Ha. I'm re-reading this one now. Just started... my dad made me read it at about thirteen or fourteen, and I barely remember it, so I'm giving it a fresh pair of eyes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 09:47 PM (5aX2M)

212 When exactly did Comey the liar become the front man for the anti-American Democrat Press?

Calling Comey a piece of shit is an affront to shit.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 17, 2018 09:48 PM (UsCnO)

213 180
Rickl... I just saw that at Barnes and noble! I almost bought it but wasn't sure. Probably going back this week so I might pick it up.
Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:38 PM (myjNJ)

Thanks! Happy to be of service.

Your daughter sounds terrific.

Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2018 09:48 PM (sdi6R)

214 Posted by: HTL at December 17, 2018 09:46 PM (RwInT)

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All right... I'll bookmark it!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 09:48 PM (5aX2M)

215 The chittering stutter cats do when they're frustrated by the sight of something that they want to murder but can't reach is supposed to be a kind of anticipatory killing bite reflex.

That makes a lot of sense. They are so funny when they do that.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 17, 2018 09:48 PM (/qEW2)

216 My dog thinks dog food is below her dignity and only lowers herself to consuming it every other day when no filet has appeared.

Posted by: dagny at December 17, 2018 09:49 PM (nRWPy)

217 Shut down the internet, it's not going to get any better than that.

Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at December 17, 2018 09:49 PM (SgjGX)

218 Today's Democrat party public school biology classes.

Everyone gets an "A", except those who only believe in male and female.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 17, 2018 09:50 PM (UsCnO)

219 I've read housecats are basically serial killers, presented in a smaller cuddly furry cute format.

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2018 09:50 PM (miE9U)

220 Calling Comey a piece of shit is an affront to shit.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at December 17, 2018 09:48 PM (UsCnO)

Heh.

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:50 PM (yavIa)

221 Pavlov won a Nobel Prize. Why? Two reasons:

1. He used dogs.
2. He didn't give them the freakin' bell!

Posted by: BurtTC at December 17, 2018 09:51 PM (cY3LT)

222 Anyone else hooked on Ruffles Original potato chips with Braums French Onion Dip?

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:52 PM (yavIa)

223 Oh dear. My sister has sent us a box with
shortbread, English toffee, pecan truffles and chocolate nut crisps.
Whatever will we do with them?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2018 09:40 PM (LsBY9)

are you sure the shortbread is really shortbread? It might be trans-gingering

Hey! Those may not be gingerbread men, they might be ginger-fluid! You might be mis-gingering!!!

Posted by: Kindltot at December 17, 2018 09:52 PM (mUa7G)

224 Thanks! Rickl
She's a pretty cool kid, well except for that whole woke up this morning running a high fever thing. She's better now.

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 17, 2018 09:53 PM (myjNJ)

225 Mattel invites same-sex couples to design transgender dolls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXUiz7CNw1Q

Posted by: SMH at December 17, 2018 09:54 PM (RU4sa)

226
are you sure the shortbread is really shortbread? It might be trans-gingering

Diversity and inclusion are fine when cookies are involved.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2018 09:54 PM (LsBY9)

227 I feel like this thread has been bah'd and i am the only one not to know.

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:54 PM (yavIa)

228 tbodie, I'm hooked on something similar.

Walmart has this concoction, a "Great Value" mix for bacon jalapeno cheddar dip. You just add mayo, sour cream and shredded cheese. I also usually throw in some Tabasco.

OMG so tasty with tortilla chips...

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2018 09:54 PM (miE9U)

229 Another book I really enjoyed (although it is very sad) is Japan At War: An Oral History by the Cooks. Japanese people talking about what they did and what happened to them. They sowed the wind and reaped the whirlwind. One of the most moving parts was about Japanese school girls (about your daughter's age) drafted to construct balloon bombs in horrible conditions intended to set America ablaze.

https://amzn.to/2ChZLL8

One caveat: These are people talking about themselves and I suspected in several places that human frailty being what it is that imperfect memory and imperfect understanding cause factual errors. Two examples. Japanese hiding from American soldiers in caves on Saipan describe us using poison gas to get them out. That certainly was not American policy although never underestimate the know how of frontline soldiers. I suspect they were using white phosphorus. A Japanese medic who participated in horrific incidents against the Chinese and who who was later held incommunicado for years by the Chinese communists may have "remembered" what he needed to remember to confess for the purpose of gaining his freedom.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 17, 2018 09:55 PM (+y/Ru)

230 Everyone is just hitting refresh on the main page like a kitty smacking a bell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 17, 2018 09:55 PM (DwvNG)

231 209
I particularly recommend July 1914 and The Sleepwalkers.
Posted by: HTL at December 17, 2018 09:46 PM (RwInT)

I've been meaning to read those.

Posted by: rickl at December 17, 2018 09:55 PM (sdi6R)

232 There's a big ONT a-comin'...

Posted by: qdpsteve at December 17, 2018 09:56 PM (miE9U)

233 Posted by: HTL at December 17, 2018 09:46 PM (RwInT)

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OK... I get what he's on about... Tuchman is totally wrong about causes for war and why the Germans failed. I totally agree. But it has a lot of good facts in it... if you can get past the nonsense about goons stumbling about wildly into war. That never made sense.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 17, 2018 09:56 PM (5aX2M)

234 Treacher is a bitch.

Like Eichenwald without the tentacle porn.

Posted by: garrett at December 17, 2018 09:56 PM (8SO/o)

235 ONT

Posted by: hogmartin at December 17, 2018 09:57 PM (t+qrx)

236 Everyone is just hitting refresh on the main page like a kitty smacking a bell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 17, 2018 09:55 PM (DwvNG)

Damn.

Reapplies tape over refresh button.

Posted by: tbodie at December 17, 2018 09:58 PM (yavIa)

237
208 Treacher isn't a cuck; he's broken. And I think the subtext of his rant is a longstanding personal vendetta against us right here in The Horde.

We can all choose not to be broken, but that takes metanoia. And metanoia is hard.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 17, 2018 09:46 PM (ykYG2)

Wasn't the root of his whinyness that Teh Horde didn't kiss his ass and give him neck rubs after that unfortunate traffic accident where Joe Biden's motorcade splattered him all over the street? I mean, I don't blame him for being pissed about that, it had to suck, but it doesn't mean he should expect to get sucked off by the rightosphere.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 17, 2018 10:00 PM (e0p0c)

238 Did the human train the cats or did the cats train the human?

Posted by: iowaan at December 18, 2018 10:16 AM (iJGYP)

239 cats bells
Here is the original, I think. No hats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lp-LPc3LGI

Posted by: m at December 18, 2018 12:05 PM (Q7mSB)

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