Ace of Spades Pet Thread

Good afternoon and a Happy Independence Day to you and yours. Since it's a national holiday there isn't much of an almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread today.

Open thread, dogs, cats, skunks, it really doesn't matter.

Have a great weekend!!!!

You can reach us here at petmorons at gmail dot com.

(H/T Hank Curmudgeon)

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 03:00 PM

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That doggeh has a will of iron not to have chortled down those hot dogs long enough to take the picture.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 04, 2020 03:01 PM (pNxlR)

2 Meow

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 04, 2020 03:01 PM (U2p+3)

3 Bueno!

I hope everyone is having a good Independence Day and all the pet morons are being treated too! At my place, the pups are getting pork belly burnt ends and some berries. And then. The NAP.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 04, 2020 03:03 PM (m/Sks)

4 #ArthropodLivesMatter

Posted by: The Guy Who Keeps Asking About Arthropods at July 04, 2020 03:04 PM (jW91e)

5 Happy 4th Kittahs and doggies
( the horde too)

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2020 03:05 PM (/zZMG)

6
Cat Naps are for PUSSYS.............................

Posted by: saf at July 04, 2020 03:05 PM (5IHGB)

7 LOL, love the top picture!

Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 03:05 PM (dUJdY)

8 I'm not looking forward to the fireworks tonight. First world freedom problem.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 03:07 PM (2DOZq)

9 That cat has no genitals!

Oh, never mind.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 04, 2020 03:08 PM (Z+IKu)

10 I'm not looking forward to the fireworks tonight. First world freedom problem.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 03:07 PM (2DOZq)

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Stab me in the heart, Deplorable.

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2020 at July 04, 2020 03:08 PM (jW91e)

11 If that was my dog in the top picture the drool puddle would have been ginormous.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at July 04, 2020 03:10 PM (lgiXo)

12 I'm not looking forward to the fireworks tonight. First world freedom problem.

I don't care except it goes on until 1 or 2 in the morning.

Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 03:10 PM (dUJdY)

13 Listening to Donny Two Scoops speech at Rushmore, going through the bios of the four on the mountain.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 04, 2020 03:11 PM (ufFY8)

14 1
That doggeh has a will of iron not to have chortled down those hot dogs long enough to take the picture.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 04, 2020 03:01 PM (pNxlR)

My dogs have no will power............

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 03:11 PM (aA3+G)

15 I have a cat.

Posted by: Joe Biden's Last Remaining Synapse at July 04, 2020 03:11 PM (jW91e)

16 What give Jewels the sadz?

Posted by: Ronster at July 04, 2020 03:12 PM (+4+p5)

17 Are these ethically sourced free range sustainable weiners?

Posted by: Dog who shops at Whole Foods at July 04, 2020 03:15 PM (QzkSJ)

18 Embrace the power of "and," kitty.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at July 04, 2020 03:15 PM (WEBkv)

19 Stab me in the heart, Deplorable.

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2020 at July 04, 2020 03:08 PM (jW91e)

Mooch is the real dark horse candidate.Is that rayciss?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 03:17 PM (rCwaK)

20 Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 03:10 PM (dUJdY)

Exactly. It doesn't bother my cats much though thankfully. I had a brief preview last night.

I know dog owners have more problems.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 03:17 PM (2DOZq)

21 Is that a Moron's dog at the top?

Posted by: m at July 04, 2020 03:19 PM (zcb42)

22 My dogs have no will power............

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 04, 2020 03:11 PM (aA3+G)

I trained my beagle Roy to "wait" - got the idea from an animal show. I'd hold his paw in my hand, and place a treat on it, and say "wait!" His eyes would be fixed on the treat and then slide away, as if he couldn't bear to see it. Then I'd say "Help yourself!" and he would snap it up.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 03:19 PM (rCwaK)

23 Mooch is the real dark horse candidate.Is that rayciss?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 03:17 PM (rCwaK)

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I think the correct term would be, cafe-Au-lait candidate. (She wishes.)

Should we be discussing pets here?

Woof!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 03:21 PM (jW91e)

24 Ronster... some issues with youngest daughter. She appears to have gone all SJW on us. Even had words with her uncle. We have decided to just give this a little time and if it gets worse we will definitely have a long talk with her.

Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 03:21 PM (dUJdY)

25 When kids, Dad had our dog trained where he'd put a treat on his nose and say no...no...no... okay, wherein he'd toss up the snack and grab it before it hit the ground.

Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home&&&& at July 04, 2020 03:24 PM (IU3/E)

26 >>>13 Listening to Donny Two Scoops speech at Rushmore, going through the bios of the four on the mountain.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 04, 2020 03:11 PM (ufFY

Thanks for the tip. I'm starting to watch it, and that'll be a bonus.

Posted by: m at July 04, 2020 03:24 PM (zcb42)

27 Today Snobol is acting like Crack Kitteh, racing and jumping every where.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2020 03:24 PM (dX+Ic)

28 Jewells, sorry to hear that. Kids can be a mess sometimes.

Posted by: Ronster at July 04, 2020 03:24 PM (+4+p5)

29 yeah!!!

Posted by: vmom 2020 waving Stars & Stripes at July 04, 2020 03:24 PM (OCRKH)

30 Kids can be a mess sometimes.

She's 36 and has always been so level headed. She's getting this from someone.

Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 03:27 PM (dUJdY)

31 I have 'trained ' my cats to take walks with me without a leash. Unfortunately I still have to worry about drivers on my private street / alley . They will walk with me until a car comes around the corner and they take off back towards my open garage. If I can train them to hug the the line of garages until they get back then it should not be a problem. Right now they dart back and forth into the street as they look back at the car. Lucky my neighbors are used to me walking them now and slow down when they see me, knowing the kittehs are near by.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 03:29 PM (2DOZq)

32 Mr. CoCo tossed a hair ball for the 4th. House rule is he or she that finds it first has to clean it up. Ironclad rule, no exceptions.

oc

Posted by: azalea city at July 04, 2020 03:30 PM (WX+x0)

33 She's 36 and has always been so level headed. She's getting this from someone.
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 03:27 PM (dUJdY)

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That's a little strange. 36 year-olds usually have their worldview pretty solidified. People who get involved in cults act like that.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 03:30 PM (jW91e)

34 So update on doggeh icymi

at his last annual vet appt, vet said his eyes seem hazy - maybe go get a doggie eye dr to check

so yesterday I finally got his eyes checked and doggie eye dr said ge had beyootifool, perfectly normal eyes. Yay!

said coz he's anxious with strangers his eyes are dilated, so they probably contract more slowly when regular vet flashed his light on them

She did say that when he gets older he might get iris atrophy, which apparently is a thing for poodles

also I asked her about eye vitamins and she said the only vet-endorsed one is ocu-glow

Posted by: vmom 2020 waving Stars & Stripes at July 04, 2020 03:32 PM (OCRKH)

35 Happy independence day horde and pet lovers. Nice thing about deaf little Dottie is she doesn't notice thunder, fireworks, target practice, etc being deaf. Toby doesn't like booms but doesn't get hysterical about it. The cat and horses don't care unless the bang is quite close and loud.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at July 04, 2020 03:33 PM (kOHLB)

36 have 'trained ' my cats to take walks with me without a leash. Unfortunately I still have to worry about drivers on my private street / alley.

Wow!! I now know an actual 'Cat Herder.' I always thought it was a myth that one could herd cats.

Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home&&&& at July 04, 2020 03:34 PM (IU3/E)

37 First world freedom problem.�
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 03:07 PM (2DOZq)�

You won't have those types of problems much longer.

Posted by: DNC MEDIA COMPLEX at July 04, 2020 03:35 PM (KgzRF)

38 Got my hands on a deep fryer today. gonna try some fried drummies, mozzarella sticks and a snickers bar!

Posted by: obama's other son at July 04, 2020 03:35 PM (xyImL)

39 prayers, jewells

Posted by: vmom 2020 waving Stars & Stripes at July 04, 2020 03:35 PM (OCRKH)

40 31 I have 'trained ' my cats to take walks with me without a leash.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 03:29 PM (2DOZq)

I trained a cat to do that, and she stayed obediently at my heels, which was quite adorable. And then one day she suddenly dashed into the street to get at something across the street, and without thinking, I stepped in front of traffic to go after her. A car braked to a stop an arm's length away, and the driver deservedly cussed me out. Back to the leash.

Posted by: m at July 04, 2020 03:37 PM (zcb42)

41 I had trouble with my daughter in her teens. She pulled out of it, thank goodness.

Posted by: Ronster at July 04, 2020 03:37 PM (+4+p5)

42 30
She's 36 and has always been so level headed. She's getting this from someone.
Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 03:27 PM (dUJdY)
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A new romance perhaps?

If/when you have a talk, you might bring up the subject of how love doesn't/shouldn't entail slavish agreement and abandonment of your own worldview.

I dunno. Wish I did!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 04, 2020 03:37 PM (M/9m0)

43 Stab me in the heart, Deplorable.

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2020 at July 04, 2020 03:08 PM (jW91e)
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How do you like your stake?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, of the sloop John B. at July 04, 2020 03:37 PM (4zyav)

44 My late Boykin, Miller, would get highly excited with fireworks. Wasn't afraid, just figured with all that shooting, there had to something to fetch. The chocolate lab and setter hardly raise their heads. Doesn't bother them at all. Lots of it around here too being a beach community with lots of rentals.

Posted by: Agitator at July 04, 2020 03:39 PM (y/e6R)

45 Ronster... some issues with youngest daughter. She appears to have gone all SJW on us.

Good luck. Mine's 20. Haven't bothered talking to her in three months. Its a waste of time.

Posted by: Political Mad Libs at July 04, 2020 03:40 PM (d6PIl)

46 A new romance perhaps?

Possibly. She is extremely private so she sure isn't going to tell us. She does have some liberal friends and maybe that's part of it.

Anyhooo.. thanks for the prayers and such. I'm off to my sons for some food and booze. Later...

Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 03:40 PM (dUJdY)

47 Little Joe isn't much on catching squirrels, but he is a very spirited chaser!

Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 03:41 PM (MVjcR)

48 Open thread, dogs, cats, skunks, it really doesn't matter.

Since the dog died a couple years back all I've got is pet peeves.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 04, 2020 03:42 PM (SchxB)

49 Since the dog died a couple years back all I've got is pet peeves.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - fighting with a dying hard drive at July 04, 2020 03:42 PM (SchxB)

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I've raised a number of them over the years with a lot of success.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 03:43 PM (jW91e)

50 I think the correct term would be, cafe-Au-lait candidate. (She wishes.)

Should we be discussing pets here?

Woof!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 03:21 PM (jW91e)

We should, but Mooch is such a dog. Cafe au lait? She would not make it into a brown paper bag party.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 03:43 PM (rCwaK)

51 She appears to have gone all SJW on us. Even had
words with her uncle. We have decided to just give this a little time
and if it gets worse we will definitely have a long talk with her.

Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 03:21 PM (dUJdY)

Tim's niece was such a little shit in college. Actually dissed her grandmother (the matriarch) in front of two of her sons and nothing was said. Good thing I wasn't there, because I would have given her what-for about manners regardless of your feelz.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 03:45 PM (rCwaK)

52 Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 03:45 PM (rCwaK)
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Hi Miley!

Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 03:46 PM (MVjcR)

53 How do you like your stake?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, of the sloop John B. at July 04, 2020 03:37 PM (4zyav)

HA! Well done!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 03:48 PM (rCwaK)

54 Re: dogs and treats. Nearly 40 years ago we had a little terrier mutt named Maggie, and a big longhair calico named Pippin. They were friends. When I would make popcorn, I would share, throwing them a (fully popped) piece here and there. Maggie would gobble it down, but if I said "Pippin" before I tossed the kernel, Maggie would always take a step back and let the cat have it.

Posted by: skywch at July 04, 2020 03:49 PM (Y/Ps0)

55 Hi Weasel! So happy to hear stories of your backwoods adventures! Sorry to hear that the Mome has been postponed. So glad I don't have to deal with Guvnah Nawtham. Henruh McMastuh is bad enough.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 03:50 PM (rCwaK)

56 We were in the uptown park this morning -- went in to see the swan and the geese that cruise on the lagoon from time to time. Coming back, we saw a woman with a small-ish woolly black-and-white dog on a lead. As he passed us, we realized he had the thickest legs and biggest feet we'd ever seen on a small dog.

Conclusion: Probably a Newfoundland pup. They do come in black-and-white; the Landseer sub-breed, I think. You don't often see a Newfoundland around here -- I can recall sighting only two, one in the early '90s and one around 2007. This is not a climate for thick woolly dogs. (Or for sane humans, but I digress.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 04, 2020 03:50 PM (rpbg1)

57 47 Little Joe isn't much on catching squirrels, but he is a very spirited chaser!
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 03:41 PM (MVjcR)

When we lived in Texas my dogs used to chase the ground squirrels. One of them actually caught one once, and was so surprised he dropped it again right away.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 04, 2020 03:50 PM (eGb4y)

58 55 Hi Weasel! So happy to hear stories of your backwoods adventures! Sorry to hear that the Mome has been postponed. So glad I don't have to deal with Guvnah Nawtham. Henruh McMastuh is bad enough.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 03:50 PM (rCwaK)
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Thank you! Ever since I bought the farm(!) I haven't been back to Blue Ridge.

Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 03:52 PM (MVjcR)

59 I know plenty of kids who went through a lib phase and it was generally the company they kept. I also know one who was conservative all through college and MBA only to move to NYC and undergo a liberal lobotomy. This is one of the people who is no longer asked to dinner.

Posted by: CN at July 04, 2020 03:53 PM (ONvIw)

60 Much love, Miley. ...and to all the pet lovers in the thread.

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 04, 2020 03:54 PM (Ckg4U)

61 That doggeh has a will of iron not to have chortled down those hot dogs long enough to take the picture.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 04, 2020 03:01 PM

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We can throw a piece of bacon on the floor in front of our dogs and they won't touch it, unless one of us picks it up and gives it to them.

They are good girls.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 04, 2020 03:54 PM (JUOKG)

62 Posted by: m at July 04, 2020 03:37 PM (zcb42)

I have the advantage of being on a private road with no cut through for public traffic. Also my male cat is too lazy to sprint more than 10 feet. Now the female could but she's more obedient.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 03:54 PM (2DOZq)

63 57 47 Little Joe isn't much on catching squirrels, but he is a very spirited chaser!
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 03:41 PM (MVjcR)

When we lived in Texas my dogs used to chase the ground squirrels. One of them actually caught one once, and was so surprised he dropped it again right away.
Posted by: Jordan61 at July 04, 2020 03:50 PM (eGb4y)
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WD did that with the UPS guy once. Got out while he was in the yard and didn't know what to do, so she ran down the street barking.

Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 03:54 PM (MVjcR)

64 54--- ....but if I said "Pippin" before I tossed the kernel, Maggie would always take a step back and let the cat have it.
Posted by: skywch at July 04, 2020 03:49 PM (Y/Ps0)
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Wow. That's adorable.
Maggie must have loved the game ... even more than popcorn!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 04, 2020 03:55 PM (M/9m0)

65 Son and DiL had a wonderful pup, Degas. A big, fuzzy bundle of happy. He was so well behaved about food. He never took anything from the table or stove no matter how tempting or how alone he was. You could leave a bag of chips or a box of donuts on the coffee table and he wouldn't touch 'em or even stare longingly.

But by gosh, if it hit the floor, it was his.

Posted by: cfo mom at July 04, 2020 03:56 PM (RfzVr)

66 Anyway, this was a rough pet week. Old doggeh needed a vet visit due to an uptick in his coughing from weak tracheal rings. No change noted on Xray, so we're attributing it to heat and humidity and advancing years. He's on tussigon, now, which is successful so far.

Granddog is holding on, and a change to his arthritis medicine has made him more wakeful and feisty. He'll be 18 at next birthday.

Posted by: CN at July 04, 2020 03:56 PM (ONvIw)

67 Dog has a sour look because Bud Lite. And no hot dog deserves ketchup.

Posted by: setnaffa at July 04, 2020 03:56 PM (c4NCi)

68 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 04, 2020 03:50 PM (rpbg1)

Sounds more like a Bernese.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 03:57 PM (2DOZq)

69 Listening to Donny Two Scoops speech at Rushmore, going through the bios of the four on the mountain.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

George the III and Napolean were both somewhat astounded that George Washington stepped down after two terms. Donald Trump quoted George the III about Washington, but Napolean said something of the same thing. "If Washington steps down as President, he is the greatest man in the world". And of course, he did.

A lot of his contemporary "founding fathers" had some jealousy of Washington's fame (prior to being First President). But we were extremely fortunate to have a man like Washington as both the General of the Continental Army and President.

It is true he did own slaves, and this troubled his conscience quite a bit. Upon his death, per his will, all his slaves were made free men, and Washington bequeathed a lot of his wealth to guarantee that they would become educated and live as free men.

Andrew Jackson, also a wealthy man who owned slaves, was very paternal towards them. He generally treated them as he treated his own family.
Edited out of history (somewhat), many of his "slaves" were quite loyal to Jackson, and were present at his bedside when he passed away. One man continued to live in his shack at the Hermitage until he passed away in the 1890's. That was his home. He collected a lot of Jacksonian memorabilia prior to the Hermitage passing out of the family hands. He shrewdly sold a lot of it back to the society that took over restoring and maintaining the Hermitage (around 1886).
Slavery was wrong, and should have been abolished at the founding, but a lot of these men were decent and humane people, and would not and did not mistreat them.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at July 04, 2020 03:57 PM (ZCiJZ)

70 Weasel - Blue Ridge is a sad comparison to free range shootin'!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 03:58 PM (rCwaK)

71 {{{Slap}}}

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 03:58 PM (rCwaK)

72 Stab me in the heart, Deplorable.

Paging Bluebell.......

Posted by: JT at July 04, 2020 03:59 PM (arJlL)

73 70 Weasel - Blue Ridge is a sad comparison to free range shootin'!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 03:58 PM (rCwaK)
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Yep! I like farm shooting much better!

Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (MVjcR)

74 Gotta get moving now - Publius and I have some PVC pipe to lay this afternoon. Happy petting, Horde!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (rCwaK)

75 69 Listening to Donny Two Scoops speech at Rushmore, going through the bios of the four on the mountain.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

George the III and Napolean were both somewhat astounded that George Washington stepped down after two terms. Donald Trump quoted George the III about Washington, but Napolean said something of the same thing. "If Washington steps down as President, he is the greatest man in the world". And of course, he did.

A lot of his contemporary "founding fathers" had some jealousy of Washington's fame (prior to being First President). But we were extremely fortunate to have a man like Washington as both the General of the Continental Army and President.

It is true he did own slaves, and this troubled his conscience quite a bit. Upon his death, per his will, all his slaves were made free men, and Washington bequeathed a lot of his wealth to guarantee that they would become educated and live as free men.

Andrew Jackson, also a wealthy man who owned slaves, was very paternal towards them. He generally treated them as he treated his own family.
Edited out of history (somewhat), many of his "slaves" were quite loyal to Jackson, and were present at his bedside when he passed away. One man continued to live in his shack at the Hermitage until he passed away in the 1890's. That was his home. He collected a lot of Jacksonian memorabilia prior to the Hermitage passing out of the family hands. He shrewdly sold a lot of it back to the society that took over restoring and maintaining the Hermitage (around 1886).
Slavery was wrong, and should have been abolished at the founding, but a lot of these men were decent and humane people, and would not and did not mistreat them.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at July 04, 2020 03:57 PM (ZCiJZ)

FDR was so very respected that Congress approved the Twenty-second Amendment on March 21, 1947, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification. That process was completed on February 27, 1951, after the amendment had been ratified by the requisite 36 of the then-48 states.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (JFO2v)

76 Brave mother cat goes into burning building five times to save kittens:

https://tinyurl.com/ybh3mesy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (M7/zw)

77 She appears to have gone all SJW on us. Even had
words with her uncle. We have decided to just give this a little time
and if it gets worse we will definitely have a long talk with her.

Posted by: Jewells45feeling sad at July 04, 2020 03:21 PM (dUJdY)
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Do Not Wait or it will be too late.

Have her watch the Candace Owens /Dennis Prager video or the Candace Owens/ Larry Elder video and make sure you watch it together.

Play it on your television and invite her over for some wine and cheese with her mom.
If she squawks, you can always pull the mom guilt
"after all I've done for you, this is the least you can do for me."

Works every time.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 04, 2020 04:01 PM (wiXsO)

78 Yep! I like farm shooting much better!

Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (MVjcR)

Have you set up a range like that Youtuber in Kentucky - Hickok45? I would love to meet that guy.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 04:01 PM (rCwaK)

79 When I was a kid we trained our Scotty to retrieve the newspaper from the front yard. She was awarded with an Oreo cookie. We had to retrain her though because she started bringing the neighbors papers back when we let her out later in the morning ( back when there was no leash law and dogs roamed free) .

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:02 PM (2DOZq)

80 Damn mouse got in my wife's car somehow. I set a trap last night but it got the cheese without setting it off. I reset it with peanut butter as bait this time.

I sure hope the little bastard gets what's coming to him tonight, otherwise wife says I can't go back to work until it's gone.

Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home&&&& at July 04, 2020 04:02 PM (IU3/E)

81 Gotta get moving now - Publius and I have some PVC pipe to lay this afternoon. Happy petting, Horde!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (rCwaK)

You do realize that sounds like a euphemism.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at July 04, 2020 04:02 PM (lgiXo)

82 doggie eye chart

*vet puts up pic of treat*

ruuuuffff

*vet puts up pic of cat*

ruf ruf

*vet puts up pic of squirrel*

ruf ruf ruf ruf ruf *dog runs at pic*

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:03 PM (JFO2v)

83
heh.

https://tinyurl.com/ybgctcc4

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 04, 2020 04:03 PM (r+sAi)

84 You do realize that sounds like a euphemism.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at July 04, 2020 04:02 PM (lgiXo)

Well, you know - phrasing. We aren't doing that.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 04:03 PM (rCwaK)

85 80 Damn mouse got in my wife's car somehow. I set a trap last night but it got the cheese without setting it off. I reset it with peanut butter as bait this time.

I sure hope the little bastard gets what's coming to him tonight, otherwise wife says I can't go back to work until it's gone.
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home&&&& at July 04, 2020 04:02 PM (IU3/E)

Bet your wife get redlight ticket in mail next week

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:04 PM (JFO2v)

86 FDR was so very respected that Congress approved the Twenty-second Amendment on March 21, 1947, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification. That process was completed on February 27, 1951, after the amendment had been ratified by the requisite 36 of the then-48 states.
Posted by: rhennigantx

FDR broke the maxim set by Washington, and we are all a lot worse off for it. He should not have run for a third term, and definitely not the fourth term. He was a sick and dying man in 1944.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at July 04, 2020 04:04 PM (ZCiJZ)

87 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 04, 2020 03:50 PM (rpbg1)

Sounds more like a Bernese.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020

*
*

The build was similar to pics I've seen. But don't Bernese Mountain Dogs usually have brown on them, or brown, black, and white?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 04, 2020 04:04 PM (rpbg1)

88 I've had our 13 YO Vizsla on this for about 3 months. and Have seen a noticeable difference in her.

PET NC Natural Care Hip Joint

https://tinyurl.com/y7eu3uft
Remember to go through AoS's Amazon store.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 04, 2020 04:04 PM (pw+jk)

89 Yep! I like farm shooting much better!
Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (MVjcR)

I shot a farm in my pajamas this morning.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:05 PM (JFO2v)

90 Gotta get moving now - Publius and I have some PVC pipe to lay this afternoon. Happy petting, Horde!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (rCwaK)

I'm glad you used the adjective PVC.

We're still doing phrasing here.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:05 PM (2DOZq)

91 Gotta get moving now - Publius and I have some PVC pipe to lay this afternoon. Happy petting, Horde!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (rCwaK)

You do realize that sounds like a euphemism.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy

Yeah, and Shibumi just made me a sammich. So there.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at July 04, 2020 04:06 PM (ZCiJZ)

92 Yeah, and Shibumi just made me a sammich. So there.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at July 04, 2020 04:06 PM (ZCiJZ)

You're a lucky man, arentcha?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 04:07 PM (rCwaK)

93 FDR broke the maxim set by Washington, and we are all a lot worse off for it. He should not have run for a third term, and definitely not the fourth term. He was a sick and dying man in 1944.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at July 04, 2020 04:04 PM (ZCiJZ)

Any person of oriental decent that votes Democrat is fucking nutz.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:07 PM (JFO2v)

94 I shot a farm in my pajamas this morning.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Size XXXXXXXXL PJ's, huh?

(how does the whole farm get into his pajamas? We may never know the whole story)

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at July 04, 2020 04:07 PM (ZCiJZ)

95 Happy Pet Thread Day.

Hope everyone is having a great 4th.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2020 04:08 PM (TsX0v)

96 OK, I really mean it this time. Gotta run. See y'all later!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 04:08 PM (rCwaK)

97 You're a lucky man, arentcha?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen

YES

I

AM
!

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at July 04, 2020 04:08 PM (ZCiJZ)

98 Welp.
Got Dog of Diogenes heavily sedated. He hates fireworks. His kennel is in the closet and all covered. Tonight I'll put him to bed early and crank up some America and Led Zeppelin.
He'll survive.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2020 04:09 PM (axyOa)

99 Doggie up top is waiting on the ribs to arrive.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2020 04:09 PM (TsX0v)

100 Mr. CoCo tossed a hair ball for the 4th. House rule is he or she that finds it first has to clean it up. Ironclad rule, no exceptions.
Posted by: azalea city
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What hair ball???? I didn't see any hair balls....

Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 04:10 PM (UUBmN)

101 90 Gotta get moving now - Publius and I have some PVC pipe to lay this afternoon. Happy petting, Horde!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (rCwaK)

I'm glad you used the adjective PVC.

We're still doing phrasing here.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:05 PM (2DOZq)

ha!

so When couz daughter gets married she asked me was I at her Dads wedding. I said I was best man (it was private ceremony). She asked was I did later that day. I said Laid pipe (we were rebuild our Grandmothers sewage system). Her Dad said ME TOO!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:10 PM (JFO2v)

102 74 Gotta get moving now - Publius and I have some PVC pipe to lay this afternoon. Happy petting, Horde!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (rCwaK)

things that sound dirty

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:11 PM (JFO2v)

103 Gotta get moving now - Publius and I have some PVC pipe to lay this afternoon. Happy petting, Horde!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, also a Karen at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (rCwaK)

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grrrrrrowwwwwl

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 04:12 PM (jW91e)

104 I'm celebrating "Independence" day by being forced to wear a mask and having all the beaches closed due to feckless donkey commies.

California's communism coming to the rest of the USA if we all do not work hard to beat the evil shits.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 04, 2020 04:12 PM (pw+jk)

105 Size XXXXXXXXL PJ's, huh?

(how does the whole farm get into his pajamas? We may never know the whole story)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....menace to society at July 04, 2020 04:07 PM (ZCiJZ)

I have slept nekkid since about 15. I got to college and my mom gets me a pair of pjs. I wore them around Pike house at school like Hugh Hefner.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:13 PM (JFO2v)

106 Loved the speech last night. The guy behind Trump smiling and nodding and reciting the Man in the Arena piece.
//

And yes, that dog's will power!! What a good dog. Give him a hot dog for me.

Posted by: PJ at July 04, 2020 04:14 PM (qlTN9)

107 99 Doggie up top is waiting on the ribs to arrive.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2020 04:09 PM (TsX0v)

my butcher was out of ribs today damn

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:14 PM (JFO2v)

108 rhennigantx, on the 4th?. That is a sin against nature.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2020 04:16 PM (TsX0v)

109 Happy Independence Day, MisHum!

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at July 04, 2020 04:16 PM (d9Cw3)

110 My first July 4th in 20 years without any fur children. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2020 04:16 PM (85Gof)

111 Brave mother cat goes into burning building five times to save kittens:

https://tinyurl.com/ybh3mesy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2020 04:00 PM (M7/zw)
**************
Wow, that sweet momma cat looks awful. Glad she's ok and was able to save all but one of her kittens.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 04, 2020 04:16 PM (wiXsO)

112 I'll have to kennel my dog when it starts getting dark she doesn't do well with storms and fireworks. Drools puddles everywhere and literally tries to get under you...

Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 04:17 PM (UUBmN)

113 Trump is going to get people sick because he wants to celebrate 4th of July !!! Makes us sick.......

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at July 04, 2020 04:17 PM (qM84C)

114 Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:03 PM (JFO2v)

hah!
I do wonder how they checked his eyes
I wasn't allowed in coz of the Kung Flu

Posted by: vmom 2020 waving Stars & Stripes at July 04, 2020 04:18 PM (OCRKH)

115 I'm celebrating "Independence" day by being forced to wear a mask and having all the beaches closed due to feckless donkey commies.

California's communism coming to the rest of the USA if we all do not work hard to beat the evil shits.
Posted by: Jukin
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I thought you were talking about Texas....///

Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 04:18 PM (UUBmN)

116 I bought more freezed dried food for my prep cache and also bought a couple of 20lb bags of dry cat food as part of their prep too.

Got me thinking about creating a basic nutritional dry food for humans strictly for survival. Is there such a thing?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:19 PM (2DOZq)

117 108 rhennigantx, on the 4th?. That is a sin against nature.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2020 04:16 PM (TsX0v)

They get whole cows out of Iowa or here in Texas. The ribs go fast.

I have a brisket in smoker I will let rest overnight then smoke again tomorrow and serve.

hop,gusher, axis and hopadillo IPAs on ice.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:19 PM (JFO2v)

118 None of my dogs or horses have ever had the firts concern about fireworks.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2020 04:19 PM (TsX0v)

119
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at July 04, 2020 04:17 PM (qM84C)

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Go immediately to your basement and shelter in place, Mary. It's your only hope of surviving.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 04:19 PM (jW91e)

120 Got me thinking about creating a basic nutritional dry food for humans strictly for survival. Is there such a thing?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:19 PM (2DOZq)

Pemmican

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 04, 2020 04:21 PM (YvHwV)

121 We have a approximately 5X5 patch of back yard that will not grow anything. Large shade trees. Grass and moss, other types of ground cover in rest of yard. Just a
Thin layer of dust, some type of soluble rock underneath. My " wonderful" puppy, one year old, dog has decided this is heaven and wallows and rolls in it multiple times a day.

Any suggestions? Baths just bring him in covered in mud instead of dust.

Posted by: idlan at July 04, 2020 04:21 PM (kxpkj)

122 Go immediately to your basement and shelter in place, Mary. It's your only hope of surviving.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 04:19 PM (jW91e)

2 tbs of fish tank cleaner also helps anally

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:21 PM (JFO2v)

123 77: Reading the BLM manifesto should help, too.If she was older, I'd recommend Gulag Archipelago. My older kid was horrified. It's getting hard to locate copies. I suppose he was cancelled before it was cool.

Posted by: CN at July 04, 2020 04:22 PM (ONvIw)

124 Very interesting interview with Dr. Zelenko who has come up with the Zelenko Protocol for COVID treatment. He was interviewed yesterday by Dr. Drew.Here is the takeaway: 90% survival rate for his protocol of zinc, hydrocholoroquine and an antibacterial.
The doc says the regimen costs all of $20.

Posted by: El boner at July 04, 2020 04:22 PM (xyImL)

125 I thought you were talking about Texas....///
Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 04:18 PM (UUBmN)

I definitely didn't move to Texas for the weather or beauty. If we start moving faster towards restricting our freedoms , I'm going to have to look for another retirement location that at least is beautiful and has decent weather.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:22 PM (2DOZq)

126 None of my dogs or horses have ever had the firts concern about fireworks.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2020 04:19 PM (TsX0v)

My first set of cats were terrified of fireworks. The last 4 did not give a shit. Lol

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2020 04:22 PM (85Gof)

127 Got me thinking about creating a basic nutritional dry food for humans strictly for survival. Is there such a thing?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:19 PM (2DOZq)

I believe the Hippies call it Granola...or Trail Mix.

Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home&&&& at July 04, 2020 04:22 PM (IU3/E)

128 Was practicing with a friend today, down towards Philly. At one point he says, "I figure if you're not Antifa, you're pro-fascism. I mean, right?"

Ay-ay-ay. He was serious.

Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:22 PM (BvZkh)

129 Any suggestions? Baths just bring him in covered in mud instead of dust.
Posted by: idlan at July 04, 2020 04:21 PM (kxpkj)

cover with ashphalt

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:23 PM (JFO2v)

130 Wow, that sweet momma cat looks awful. Glad she's ok and was able to save all but one of her kittens.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 04, 2020 04:16 PM (wiXsO)

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Old article.

She died in 2008.

Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 04:23 PM (RU4sa)

131 Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:22 PM (BvZkh)

Practicing what?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:23 PM (2DOZq)

132 He calls this the "Most important COVID chart" and he's right.

Your probability of dying from covid is less than your overall probability of dying if your over 65.

What a sham.

https://mobile.twitter.com/EthicalSkeptic/

status/1279482735573295105

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 04, 2020 04:23 PM (YvHwV)

133 124 Very interesting interview with Dr. Zelenko who has come up with the Zelenko Protocol for COVID treatment. He was interviewed yesterday by Dr. Drew.Here is the takeaway: 90% survival rate for his protocol of zinc, hydrocholoroquine and an antibacterial.
The doc says the regimen costs all of $20.
Posted by: El boner at July 04, 2020 04:22 PM (xyImL)

TV doc (Oz I think) actually went to NYC to treat a friend of Sean H that was given last rights. Had treatment in his pocket that cost about 20 bux.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:25 PM (JFO2v)

134 Our dog is terrified of fireworks... I got him one of those thundershirts and a calming spray and it didn't work at all.. I guess he's a candidate for happy pills... Me too...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 04, 2020 04:25 PM (Zmnko)

135 I believe the Hippies call it Granola...or Trail Mix.
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home&&&& at July 04, 2020 04:22 PM (IU3/E)

Heh , no that stuff goes bad fairly quickly.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:25 PM (2DOZq)

136 Got me thinking about creating a basic nutritional dry food for humans strictly for survival. Is there such a thing?

Pemmican. I think it's something like jerky, suet, and dried berries (protein, fat, carbs) molded into bricks, wrapped in wax paper.

Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:26 PM (Ypqc1)

137 Pemmican. I think it's something like jerky, suet, and dried berries (protein, fat, carbs) molded into bricks, wrapped in wax paper.
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:26 PM (Ypqc1)

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Mmmm. Suet.

Wait.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 04:28 PM (jW91e)

138 my first July 4th in 20 years without any fur children. Sigh
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2020 04:16 PM (85Gof)

I'm sorry, dogs and cats are the essence of love and forgiveness.

When you are ready to add another in your life ( it can take awhile) best of luck.

Posted by: idlan at July 04, 2020 04:28 PM (kxpkj)

139 idlan, there is something inside that your pup may be laying on that it doesn't like.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2020 04:28 PM (TsX0v)

140 That dog has more patriotism than more than half of my family.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at July 04, 2020 04:28 PM (QP7Qs)

141 Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:26 PM (Ypqc1)

Is that the stuff the Indian women fed Jeremiah Johnson that he spit out?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:29 PM (2DOZq)

142 Practicing what?

Throwing, and getting a heck of a lot of sunshine today!

Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:29 PM (BvZkh)

143
TV doc (Oz I think) actually went to NYC to
treat a friend of Sean H that was given last rights. Had treatment in
his pocket that cost about 20 bux.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:25 PM (JFO2v)
The doc I was referencing just had his study published. Results seem very promising, so it'll probably be savaged by the media. Or they will blacklist it. But either way, I'd recommend watching the video and if, God forbid, you or a family member gets it, run that protocol by your doc.

Posted by: El boner at July 04, 2020 04:29 PM (xyImL)

144 When you are ready to add another in your life ( it can take awhile) best of luck.
Posted by: idlan at July 04, 2020 04:28 PM (kxpkj)

Well we are not giving away any of the litter we still have.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2020 04:29 PM (85Gof)

145 And a little story with a funny picture of a dog's haircut:

https://tinyurl.com/yc4orjax

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2020 04:30 PM (M7/zw)

146 Is that the stuff the Indian women fed Jeremiah Johnson that he spit out?

I don't know that story, but yes, it's Indian food. (Real Indians, not H1B Indians).

Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:30 PM (BvZkh)

147 Old article.

She died in 2008.
Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 04:23 PM (RU4sa)

Sorry. Didn't know it was an old story.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2020 04:31 PM (M7/zw)

148 Any suggestions? Baths just bring him in covered in mud instead of dust.
Posted by: idlan at July 04, 2020 04:21 PM (kxpkj)

cover with ashphalt

Well I guess I could extend the porch.

Posted by: idlan at July 04, 2020 04:31 PM (kxpkj)

149 Got me thinking about creating a basic nutritional dry food for humans strictly for survival. Is there such a thing?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation
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Pemmican.
Granola goes rancid.

Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 04:32 PM (UUBmN)

150 SMH, how are your kitties?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2020 04:33 PM (TsX0v)

151 I don't know that story, but yes, it's Indian food. (Real Indians, not H1B Indians).
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:30 PM (BvZkh

Not that anything wrong if you haven't but have you never seen the movie Jeremiah Johnson?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:33 PM (2DOZq)

152 you all have a great fourth!

Posted by: El boner at July 04, 2020 04:34 PM (ubYgc)

153 Our dog is terrified of fireworks... I got him one
of those thundershirts and a calming spray and it didn't work at all.. I
guess he's a candidate for happy pills... Me too...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 04, 2020 04:25 PM

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Our older dog is the same way. We got some sedatives from the Vet in a syringe to give her before the thunderstorms or fireworks hit.

Problem is once we give it to her she is out like a light and weighs 80 pounds which proved to be problematic when a tornado whizzed by our house less than 200 yards away and we could not wake her up to get to the safe room.

No way my broken a$$ back and hips were going to pick her up and carry her.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 04, 2020 04:34 PM (JUOKG)

154 I believe the Hippies call it Granola...or Trail Mix.
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck

Trail of Tears Mix, White Man.

Posted by: Lieawatha at July 04, 2020 04:34 PM (QzkSJ)

155 I don't know that story, but yes, it's Indian food. (Real Indians, not H1B Indians).

Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:30 PM (BvZkh

Not that anything wrong if you haven't but have you never seen the movie Jeremiah Johnson?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:33 PM (2DOZq)

yes, there is.

Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 04:35 PM (hHxp2)

156 idlan, there is something inside that your pup may be laying on that it doesn't like.
Posted by: Ben H

No, I think he just likes rolling around in the dirt.

Posted by: idlan at July 04, 2020 04:35 PM (kxpkj)

157 150 SMH, how are your kitties?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2020 04:33 PM (TsX0v)

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They're fine, sleeping at the moment.

Since fireworks are banned here, they don't have to worry about any noise.

Posted by: SMH at July 04, 2020 04:37 PM (RU4sa)

158 When I was little, I used to love watching pemmicans swooping down for fish.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 04:37 PM (t+qrx)

159 The Japanese have that dried Tuna that looks like a piece of wood and they shave with a grater. You make soups with it but I don't know what the nutritional value is or if any American would like it.

Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 04:38 PM (hHxp2)

160 >>> Mr. CoCo tossed a hair ball for the 4th. House rule is he or she that finds it first has to clean it up. Ironclad rule, no exceptions.
Posted by: azalea city
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What hair ball???? I didn't see any hair balls....
Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 04:10 PM (UUBmN)

Heh. Missus and I have same rule for dogeh's barf. Thankfully, rare occasion.

Posted by: Headin' for Home at July 04, 2020 04:38 PM (YSVMp)

161 nd a little story with a funny picture of a dog's haircut:

https://tinyurl.com/yc4orjax

I liked the boaters that saved a bear who had his head stuck in a jar.

Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:38 PM (jacU8)

162 I have the advantage of being on a private road with no cut through for public traffic.

That's what the McCloskey's thought, too.
-----

One thing I discovered as part of my reading history is how different economics were in those days. One aspect that made America desirable for immigrants was that unlike Europe there was no principle of primogeniture (the passing of an estate to the oldest born son). An estate was divided equally. So a lot of 2nd and 3rd and 4th born sons had a huge opportunity.

With respect to Slavery, as distasteful as it is to our modern sensibilities, slaves were considered property. Not only that, they were very expensive. Maybe $50,000 in today's confetti money.

Now of course our modern day Leftist lunatics claim the first thing they would have done, would have been to free all their slaves. That sounds very noble.

But that isn't what they would have done. Why? For one thing, where would (or could) the newly freed slaves go? What would they do?

The next thing, the right to inherit property - including slaves - had a twist in those days. An heir to an estate inherited assets - but he also inherited the debts.

"Freeing the slaves" that one might have inherited - worth hundreds of thousands of dollars - might be a little bit more complicated than people today might think.

Leftists were the slave owners. They are still pissed off, apparently.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 04:40 PM (lidPb)

163 I wonder if a human could survive with minimal consequences eating just dry dog good.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:41 PM (2DOZq)

164 Not that anything wrong if you haven't but have you never seen the movie Jeremiah Johnson?

I've never even heard of it. Looked it up- doesn't ring a bell at all.

Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:41 PM (jacU8)

165 The Japanese have that dried Tuna that looks like a piece of wood and they shave with a grater. You make soups with it but I don't know what the nutritional value is or if any American would like it.
Posted by: Quint
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Bonito, I think?
Any type of real jerky. The dried like a piece of wood stuff, not the moist type.

Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 04:42 PM (UUBmN)

166 Heh , no that stuff goes bad fairly quickly.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:25 PM (2DOZq)

Actually, if kept in an air tight container, granola will last a good long while. At least 6 months if not longer. The only problem with granola going bad is if it gets moist and starts to mold...or the oils in the nuts goes rancid.

Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home&&&& at July 04, 2020 04:42 PM (IU3/E)

167 158 When I was little, I used to love watching pemmicans swooping down for fish.
Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 04:37 PM (t+qrx)

red herring post

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:43 PM (JFO2v)

168 Not that anything wrong if you haven't but have you never seen the movie Jeremiah Johnson?

I've never even heard of it. Looked it up- doesn't ring a bell at all.

Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:41 PM (jacU

no worries there, this is the first time I have ever heard of Pemmican. Not to be biased, but I bet Jeremiah Johnson is better than Pemmican.

Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 04:43 PM (hHxp2)

169 163 I wonder if a human could survive with minimal consequences eating just dry dog good.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:41 PM (2DOZq)

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My grandma is doing just fine.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 04:44 PM (jW91e)

170 Laughable headline of the week? "DC braces for Trump 4th of July event!" Brought to you by those wonderful American patriots at Reuters. Because everyone must "brace" like a car crash any time your President is involved...

This is just garbage media story upon garbage media story now - no one of sound mind can possibly be reading this and thinking: "yeah, of course we should think of the 4th of July as a bracing moment - everyone hold on, there's a catastrophe about to happen!"

Posted by: Boswell at July 04, 2020 04:44 PM (32YRo)

171 What's bad is my son's dog is husky Pyrenees mix,. Longish white hair, my dog has apparently taught her the "wonders" of a dirt bath when she comes over. It's horrible, can't even pay them or puffs of dust engulf you.

Posted by: idlan at July 04, 2020 04:44 PM (kxpkj)

172 My grandma is doing just fine.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 04:44 PM (jW91e)

Do you let her have some wet food every once in a while as a treat?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:45 PM (2DOZq)

173 I guess he's a candidate for happy pills... Me too...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 04, 2020 04:25 PM

***

After talking to the vet we went straight for drugs. Dog of Diogenes will be zonked by 8 pm. He still shakes and trembles like a leaf but I'm not sure he cares.
Tomorrow he will hate me.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2020 04:45 PM (axyOa)

174 Bonito, I think?
Any type of real jerky. The dried like a piece of wood stuff, not the moist type.
Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 04:42 PM (UUBmN)

Yep. Used to make dashi. I think it's more of a flavoring than anything, not much nutritional value. But that's in the traditional preparation, just shaved into katsuoboshi. If you soaked a whole block down into an unappetizing blob, it would probably have some protein or something.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 04:46 PM (t+qrx)

175 Got me thinking about creating a basic nutritional dry food for humans strictly for survival. Is there such a thing?

Purina Monkey Chow, if you can find it. Or something like it Seriously. Used in zoo and research stations.

Not very tasty, but there are compressed "survival rations", of the type used on lifeboats. Coast Guard approved, or maybe required. Cornflake bars, oatmeal bars, etc.

Fat rancidity in Granola and similar isn't a problem if the right fats are used. Canola is an example of "not the right fat." It turns to paint or varnish.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 04:46 PM (lidPb)

176 One thing I discovered as part of my reading history is how different economics were in those days. One aspect that made America desirable for immigrants was that unlike Europe there was no principle of primogeniture (the passing of an estate to the oldest born son). An estate was divided equally. So a lot of 2nd and 3rd and 4th born sons had a huge opportunity.

With respect to Slavery, as distasteful as it is to our modern sensibilities, slaves were considered property. Not only that, they were very expensive. Maybe $50,000 in today's confetti money.

Now of course our modern day Leftist lunatics claim the first thing they would have done, would have been to free all their slaves. That sounds very noble.

But that isn't what they would have done. Why? For one thing, where would (or could) the newly freed slaves go? What would they do?

The next thing, the right to inherit property - including slaves - had a twist in those days. An heir to an estate inherited assets - but he also inherited the debts.

"Freeing the slaves" that one might have inherited - worth hundreds of thousands of dollars - might be a little bit more complicated than people today might think.

Leftists were the slave owners. They are still pissed off, apparently.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 04:40 PM (lidPb)

Martha Washington inherited slaves from President. By law should could not do anything until she died and they were freed by his will. She had a lawyer figure out how to change his will so that on a certain date. So all of their slaves were freed on Jan 1 , 1801.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:47 PM (JFO2v)

177 Not very tasty, but there are compressed "survival rations", of the type used on lifeboats. Coast Guard approved, or maybe required.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 04:46 PM (lidPb)

They taste a little like lemony Nilla Wafers.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 04:47 PM (t+qrx)

178 Our smaller cat, Kili Ma !Njaaro is vaguely annoyed by the fireworks. Then again, she's vaguely annoyed by a great many things in life, so this isn't much of a change.

The maine coon mix who's twice her size is terrified of fireworks. He's spending his evenings hiding under the bed, and only comes low-crawling out like a puddle of spilled ink with great wide eyes embedded hours after they've stopped. He's also terrified of thunderstorms, so this is nothing new. If I stay up too late this week, I know when he's finally worked up the nerve to emerge, because I get a great furry mass welding itself to my left shin, followed by oozing up into my lap, wrapping his paws around my left arm, and purring like a badly tuned Cummins diesel engine.

May not be the reason other people type with one hand, but, well, cat.

Posted by: Not From Around Here at July 04, 2020 04:47 PM (wrzAm)

179 USA! USA! USA!

(And, Epstein's Girlfriend Didn't Kill Herself)

Peace and Hair Grease to the AoSHQ horde.

15 years as a 99% lurker.

This will be our last peaceful 4th of July.

Posted by: planDEMic at the disco at July 04, 2020 04:47 PM (Bp/X0)

180 172 My grandma is doing just fine.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 04:44 PM (jW91e)

Do you let her have some wet food every once in a while as a treat?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:45 PM (2DOZq)

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Only when she makes a sammich correctly.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 04:48 PM (jW91e)

181 May all your pets and you & yours have a wonderful 4th of July.

Brave men, (and a few influential women) and they changed history for the better.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 04, 2020 04:49 PM (u82oZ)

182 (And, Epstein's Girlfriend Didn't Kill Herself)

"Yet."

Posted by: Rusty Nail at July 04, 2020 04:49 PM (QP7Qs)

183 shaved into katsuoboshi.

That sounds like a threat.

Posted by: Miklos, 4th of July sous-vide Steakmaster at July 04, 2020 04:50 PM (QzkSJ)

184 *ring ring ring*

Suicide hotline

*Hillary speaking through handkerchief*

May I get one ordered for Monday?

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:51 PM (JFO2v)

185
The Japanese have that dried Tuna that looks like a piece of wood and they shave with a grater.

That's rough on the face!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2020 04:52 PM (aKsyK)

186 This will be our last peaceful 4th of July.

Posted by: planDEMic at the disco at July 04, 2020 04:47 PM (Bp/X0)

Prediction - if Trump wins in a landslide and takes the house and senate with him - the left will give up the media vanity projects they've invested an untold wealth in - you can vote your way out of this - particularly at the local and state level. A complete wipe out - and I think this is in the offing - would force liberal billionaires to start re-assessing the wasting of dollars down a sink hole that isn't going to profit...

Posted by: Boswell at July 04, 2020 04:52 PM (32YRo)

187 Dateline: Dana Point Harbor, CA. Trump flags fluttering from watercraft abound. Good number of Gadsden flags too. American flags everywhere.

Not a Biden flag in sight.

Make of it what you will.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 04:52 PM (jW91e)

188 (163) Stay outta my yard.

Posted by: klaftern at July 04, 2020 04:52 PM (RuIsu)

189 Doggie in the pic is Secret Service guarding President Trump's 4th of July lunch.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 04:52 PM (2DOZq)

190 Yep. Used to make dashi. I think it's more of a flavoring than anything, not much nutritional value. But that's in the traditional preparation, just shaved into katsuoboshi. If you soaked a whole block down into an unappetizing blob, it would probably have some protein or something.
Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 04:46 PM (t+qrx)

I had a girlfreind shave into heart shape for Valentines.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:53 PM (JFO2v)

191 Martha Washington inherited slaves from President. By law should could not do anything until she died and they were freed by his will. She had a lawyer figure out how to change his will so that on a certain date. So all of their slaves were freed on Jan 1 , 1801.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Not quite.

"Her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, was one of the wealthiest planters in Virginia. When Custis died, his widow received life rights to one-third of his property, including 84 slaves. After George and Martha Washington married in 1759, she took many of these people with her to Mount Vernon. As property of the Custis estate, they could not legally be freed or sold, and were inherited by the Custis heirs upon Martha Washington’s death."

-mountvernon.org

Posted by: Miklos, 4th of July Actual Historian at July 04, 2020 04:54 PM (QzkSJ)

192 Another interesting feature of Colonial and later American life into the 1850s or so were Debtor's Prisons. These were not good places to be. There were two different types, one for what we would call unsecured debt today, like credit cards, and one for secured debt.

There was also the practice of impressment, where one might get knocked out in an alley after a night of drinking and wake up the next day 20 miles out at sea on a sailing ship.

Congratulations! You're in the Navy.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 04:55 PM (lidPb)

193 Martha Washington inherited slaves from President.

Those salves were freed!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:57 PM (JFO2v)

194 My 8 year old Golden really hates the fireworks.He actually tries to climb the walls. His sister never used to be bothered, but now his behavior sets her off too. Trazodone calms them a bit, but we have to careful with the girl because she has epilepsy. She gets a much lower dose. An interesting side effect is priapism, so kind of a doggie Viagra!

Posted by: TN Deplorable at July 04, 2020 04:57 PM (mgeBd)

195 Hey everybody.
I thought the pet thread was a politics-free thread?
(call me Karen, sorry)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 04:57 PM (L2ZTs)

196 133 124 Very interesting interview with Dr. Zelenko who has come up with the Zelenko Protocol for COVID treatment. He was interviewed yesterday by Dr. Drew.Here is the takeaway: 90% survival rate for his protocol of zinc, hydrocholoroquine and an antibacterial.
The doc says the regimen costs all of $20.
Posted by: El boner at July 04, 2020 04:22 PM (xyImL)

TV doc (Oz I think) actually went to NYC to treat a friend of Sean H that was given last rights. Had treatment in his pocket that cost about 20 bux.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:25 PM (JFO2v)

Another study (pre-print) even better results.

133 124 Very interesting interview with Dr. Zelenko who has come up with the Zelenko Protocol for COVID treatment. He was interviewed yesterday by Dr. Drew.Here is the takeaway: 90% survival rate for his protocol of zinc, hydrocholoroquine and an antibacterial.
The doc says the regimen costs all of $20.
Posted by: El boner at July 04, 2020 04:22 PM (xyImL)

Another newer even better study

https://mobile.twitter.com/dockaurG/

status/1279236241876307968

Posted by: Thesokorus at July 04, 2020 04:58 PM (YvHwV)

197 192>> Why a debtors prison for secured debt? Seems like the deal is done when the security is forfeited?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 04, 2020 04:59 PM (m/Sks)

198 There was also the practice of impressment, where one might get knocked out in an alley after a night of drinking and wake up the next day 20 miles out at sea on a sailing ship.

Congratulations! You're in the Navy.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 04:55 PM (lidPb)

The impressment of Americans into the British navy was listed as one of the reasons for seeking Independence ...

iirc.

Posted by: Adriane the Unsurprisingly Not Surprised Critic ... at July 04, 2020 04:59 PM (LPnfS)

199 Bonito, I think?

Any type of real jerky. The dried like a piece of wood stuff, not the moist type.

Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 04:42 PM (UUBmN)

Yep. Used to make dashi. I think it's more of a flavoring than
anything, not much nutritional value. But that's in the traditional
preparation, just shaved into katsuoboshi. If you soaked a whole block
down into an unappetizing blob, it would probably have some protein or
something.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 04:46 PM (t+qrx)

i miss the original Iron Chef series from Japan. One of the Japanese chefs, I think Michiba San, would dump bonito flakes into everything.

Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 04:59 PM (hHxp2)

200 Those salves were freed!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2020 04:57 PM (JFO2v)

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Who told you to use the balm?

Posted by: Jackie Chiles, Esq. at July 04, 2020 05:00 PM (jW91e)

201 Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 04:55 PM (lidPb)

The main cause of the War of 1812.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 05:00 PM (2DOZq)

202 Those salves were freed!
Posted by: rhennigantx

Yup, Martha loved to give away bottles of her homemade hand and body lotions.

She even had one called Foot Revolution. "Free your feet of blisters, calluses and warts!" ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 05:00 PM (L2ZTs)

203
There was also the practice of impressment, where one might get knocked out in an alley after a night of drinking and wake up the next day 20 miles out at sea on a sailing ship.

Congratulations! You're in the Navy.
Posted by: Common Tater

Greetings from The President of the United States

Posted by: Selective Service System at July 04, 2020 05:00 PM (aKsyK)

204 Martha Washington inherited slaves from President.

Those salves were freed!
Posted by: rhennigantx

Again, not quite.

Ownership of slaves was not always a freehold right. Washington himself could not free his own slaves, much less Martha's, who were also subject to various ownership rights and legal restrictions.

Washington's own slaves could only be freed at the death of Martha, and so it was done, with one exception.

Posted by: Miklos, Actual 4th of July Actual Historian at July 04, 2020 05:02 PM (QzkSJ)

205 Free slaves was not always a simple matter. There were laws in place making it difficult and sometimes impossible to just free them.

Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 05:02 PM (UUBmN)

206 195 Hey everybody.
I thought the pet thread was a politics-free thread?
(call me Karen, sorry)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 04:57 PM (L2ZTs)

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Steve.
We're having fun here.

Go away, man.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 05:03 PM (jW91e)

207 The Washington's also had several pets...
There, you happy Karen ???

Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 05:05 PM (UUBmN)

208 128 Was practicing with a friend today, down towards Philly. At one point he says, "I figure if you're not Antifa, you're pro-fascism. I mean, right?" ....
Posted by: t-bird at July 04, 2020 04:22 PM (BvZkh)
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Yeah, sure.
And if a Nazi agitation group called itself Love for Puppies, you'd have to be a dog-hater not to applaud it.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 04, 2020 05:05 PM (M/9m0)

209 Cicero, actually I wanted to make sure the coast is clear. I do have some political thoughts of late, of my own.

Namely: are there any historical people, with things named for them, that any of us *wouldn't mind* seeing get cancelled?

I'm thinking: Woodrow Wilson, Robert Byrd, Margaret Sanger.

Also, if you look at history in Mexico, they've been cancelling Hernan Cortez for a long time now.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 05:05 PM (L2ZTs)

210 Not that anything wrong if you haven't but have you never seen the movie Jeremiah Johnson?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020

*
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I haven't seen that one since cable with HBO was like $8 a month. Robert Redford, a fairly early performance (a few years after Butch Cassidy), with a touch of humor in the right places.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 04, 2020 05:06 PM (rpbg1)

211 There was also the practice of impressment, where
one might get knocked out in an alley after a night of drinking and
wake up the next day 20 miles out at sea on a sailing ship.

Congratulations! You're in the Navy.

Posted by: Common Tater

Greetings from The President of the United States

Posted by: Selective Service System at July 04, 2020 05:00 PM (aKsyK)

I read a book on the CSS Shenandoah. It was the last Confederate vessel or I think entity of any kind to surrender. At some point it went from a combatant ship to a criminal enterprise ala the James Gang with probably way less intent. Anyway, in the end the ship was crewed by people from all over the world, the result of impressment. There was no slavery there from my recollection. You did your job no matter who you were or where you were from.

Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 05:07 PM (hHxp2)

212 The hotdog puppy is just great. Shoulda been a wiener dog, though!

Posted by: m at July 04, 2020 05:07 PM (zcb42)

213 The hotdog puppy is just great. Shoulda been a wiener dog, though!

Posted by: m at July 04, 2020 05:07 PM (zcb42)

it was really spot on. Hot dogs and Bud Light, the artist had it all going on.

Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 05:09 PM (hHxp2)

214 Cicero, actually I wanted to make sure the coast is clear. I do have some political thoughts of late, of my own.

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Just put "woof" at the end and you're golden.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 05:10 PM (jW91e)

215 The Washington's also had several pets...

Lincoln spared the turkeys !!!!

Posted by: Adriane the Unsurprisingly Not Surprised Critic ... at July 04, 2020 05:10 PM (LPnfS)

216 Interesting verbiage - the Selective Service sent out a draft notice, it simply said

"Greeting".

Not "Greetings". Another interesting tidbit. Swearing in meant one was officially in the Army. Some people might refuse, so the actual act of induction was when everyone was told to take one step forward. Then, if someone decided to get cute and refuse to raise their right hand, they were disobeying a direct order from an officer or non-com etc etc. So I've read anyhoo. I vaguely recall being asked to take a step before swearing in.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 05:11 PM (lidPb)

217 The Washington's also had several pets...

Lincoln spared the turkeys !!!!
Posted by: Adriane the Unsurprisingly Not Surprised Critic ... at July 04, 2020 05:10 PM (LPnfS)

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Jackson ate a bear.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 05:11 PM (jW91e)

218 Hey everybody.
I thought the pet thread was a politics-free thread?
(call me Karen, sorry)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 04:57 PM (L2ZTs)
**********
Today it's an open thread as well.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 04, 2020 05:11 PM (wiXsO)

219 Can we cancel Erik XIV of Sweden? He was mean.

Posted by: klaftern at July 04, 2020 05:12 PM (RuIsu)

220 Uh oh, Gavin's getting tough!!

California unveils lion's den for Christians who sing in church

https://tinyurl.com/ybdv3m97

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 05:12 PM (L2ZTs)

221 Adriane, that's how we got Raimondo.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 05:13 PM (L2ZTs)

222 219 Can we cancel Erik XIV of Sweden? He was mean.
Posted by: klaftern at July 04, 2020 05:12 PM (RuIsu)

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He was no Gustavus Adolphus.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 05:13 PM (jW91e)

223 I mentioned the Civil War. So, to be in accordance, Lee's favorite horse was Traveller. Grant's favorite horse was Cincinatti.

Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 05:13 PM (hHxp2)

224 I saw a B2 bomber fly over Manhattan, along with other planes but man, never thought I'd see a B2. Time for another bourbon!

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 04, 2020 05:13 PM (b7l5H)

225 Grant's favorite horse was Cincinatti.
Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 05:13 PM (hHxp2)

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There was only one Cincinnatus.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 04, 2020 05:15 PM (jW91e)

226 Grant's favorite horse was Cincinatti.
Posted by: Quint

Which was turned into chili after Grant died. True story!

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 05:15 PM (L2ZTs)

227 Grant's favorite horse was Cincinatti.

Posted by: Quint

Which was turned into chili after Grant died. True story!

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 05:15 PM (L2ZTs)

and that was an abomination!

Posted by: Texans at July 04, 2020 05:16 PM (hHxp2)

228 Grant's favorite horse was Cincinatti.
Posted by: Quint

Which was turned into chili after Grant died. True story!
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 04, 2020 05:15 PM (L2ZTs

What made it worse was the horse was full of carrots.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 05:17 PM (2DOZq)

229 I'm here.
Nice thing about the weekend is that everything kind of slows down so I was able to get caught up.
Happy 4th to all of you. I'm by myself so feeling a little lonesome, but happy thinking that this is the last 4th I will be alone. Headed to DC on Thursday to try and find a place to live. A little nervous but have a few places lined up so hopeful. Will get to see my granddaughters in person for the first time since January. Can't wait to put my arms around them.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 04, 2020 05:18 PM (+mn3h)

230 Free slaves was not always a simple matter. There
were laws in place making it difficult and sometimes impossible to just
free them.

Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 05:02 PM

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In new England before ~1825 it was very difficult to free slaves. The various States had so many restrictions and laws against free blacks that "owners" could be fined and even jailed if their newly freed slaves cause any problems.

Connecticut was the worst offender with so many laws against free blacks living and working in the State.

Also of note, the first slaves owned in CT were Native American Pequots taken in battle during the first Pequot War in 1637.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 04, 2020 05:18 PM (JUOKG)

231 Famous Horses

Cisco Kid - Diablo
Geo A. Custer - Comanche
Tom Mix - Tony
Napoleon - Marengo
Will Rogers - Soap Suds
Duke of Wellington at Waterloo - Copenhagen

I saved this list, from my dad, who wrote it down on a napkin, we were discussing horses. He had quite a few memorized.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 05:20 PM (lidPb)

232 74. "Gotta get moving now - Publius and I have some PVC pipe to lay this afternoon."

I'm surprised nobody said anything about Mr. Publius laying some pipe this afternoon. Good for him.

Posted by: lowandslow at July 04, 2020 05:20 PM (4thlk)

233 The story in the sidebar about the North Texas mayor declining to enforce Gov. Abbott's mandatory mask order: I wish we'd hear about a mayor or police chief or sheriff here that doesn't "have the time or the manpower to check whether someone is wearing a mask."

There's a gun show in Jeff Parish in about 3 weeks that I want to go to, but I do not plan to wear a mask despite that town's mayor saying, "Yes you do have to." I'll write to the gun show organizer and ask.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 04, 2020 05:21 PM (rpbg1)

234
Famous Horses

Cisco Kid - Diablo

Geo A. Custer - Comanche

Tom Mix - Tony

Napoleon - Marengo

Will Rogers - Soap Suds

Duke of Wellington at Waterloo - Copenhagen

I saved this list, from my dad, who wrote it down on a napkin, we were discussing horses. He had quite a few memorized.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 05:20 PM (lidPb)

that is cool that your dad passed that down to you. There is a wiki with Civil War horses and i am sure there is a lot more info on the subject. I had a novel once called "Traveller" It was a telling of the Civil War through the eyes of Lee's horse, of course it was not his only horse. I looked that book up once long ago and it has been out of print for ages, it sells for a pretty high price as I recall for a paperback.

Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 05:23 PM (hHxp2)

235 There was only one Cincinnatus.
Posted by: Cicero

*squints*

Posted by: Horatius Cocles at July 04, 2020 05:23 PM (QzkSJ)

236 The Lone Ranger - Silver
Roy Rogers - Trigger
How could you miss those?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 04, 2020 05:23 PM (+mn3h)

237 planDEMic at the disco

Depends.

I also want to say USA! USA! USA!

We are the hope for humanity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 04, 2020 05:23 PM (u82oZ)

238 The Lone Ranger - Silver
Roy Rogers - Trigger
How could you miss those?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 04, 2020

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And Gene Autry's Champion!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 04, 2020 05:24 PM (rpbg1)

239 Noodus chess and dress

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 04, 2020 05:24 PM (rpbg1)

240 Bill Clinton - Various

Posted by: klaftern at July 04, 2020 05:24 PM (RuIsu)

241 There's a gun show in Jeff Parish in about 3 weeks that I want to go to, but I do not plan to wear a mask despite that town's mayor saying, "Yes you do have to." I'll write to the gun show organizer and ask.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Sheriff Harry Lee wouldn't have gone for that.

Posted by: Miklosian Metairie memories at July 04, 2020 05:24 PM (QzkSJ)

242 Nood chess

Posted by: lin-duh en fugue at July 04, 2020 05:24 PM (UUBmN)

243 My mother used to listen to Gene Autry on the radio. Was he ever on TV?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 04, 2020 05:25 PM (+mn3h)

244 Famous Horses

Cisco Kid - Diablo
Geo A. Custer - Comanche
Tom Mix - Tony
Napoleon - Marengo
Will Rogers - Soap Suds
Duke of Wellington at Waterloo - Copenhagen

I saved this list, from my dad, who wrote it down on a napkin, we were discussing horses. He had quite a few memorized.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2020 05:20 PM (lidPb)

There's the old story about how if an equestrian statue has its front feet off the ground, then the rider was a guy who had a horse, if all four feet are off the ground, the statue is haunted, and if six feet are in the air and three feet are on the ground, I don't think that's actually a horse.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 05:26 PM (t+qrx)

245 There's a gun show in Jeff Parish in about 3 weeks that I want to go to, but I do not plan to wear a mask despite that town's mayor saying, "Yes you do have to." I'll write to the gun show organizer and ask.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Sheriff Harry Lee wouldn't have gone for that.
Posted by: Miklosian Metairie memories at July 04, 2020

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I wrote to the parish president, his daughter, and told her exactly that -- that her father would be ashamed of her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 04, 2020 05:27 PM (rpbg1)

246 My mother used to listen to Gene Autry on the radio. Was he ever on TV?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 04, 2020

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Not sure. He did movies, and some of them may have run on TV in the '50s and '60s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 04, 2020 05:28 PM (rpbg1)

247 The best war horse ever was Sergeant Reckless.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 04, 2020 05:28 PM (2DOZq)

248 There's the old story about how if an equestrian
statue has its front feet off the ground, then the rider was a guy who
had a horse, if all four feet are off the ground, the statue is haunted,
and if six feet are in the air and three feet are on the ground, I
don't think that's actually a horse.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 04, 2020 05:26 PM (t+qrx)

heh

Posted by: Quint at July 04, 2020 05:33 PM (hHxp2)

249 And off to try to de-dust my dog. Oh and shoot off a few Roman candles ( my dogs don't care) and grill some burgers and chicken ( my dogs do care about that). Happy independence day. To all USA citizens. But not Hillary, Biden, Pelosi, Romney, bill Krystal, Lamar Alexander, Mitch McConnel, and all of the other of their never Trump cohorts.

Posted by: idlan at July 04, 2020 05:35 PM (kxpkj)

250 Here in So Cal there is a huge swell running. Giant surf, and all the beaches closed on the 4th of July. I just looked at pics from The Wedge in Newport Beach. Hundreds were on the beach watching the huge surf. Cops cleared them off, and they dispersed.But just days ago the rioters, arsonists, and looters were running free with no interference from the police. The covid got a pass for protesting because racism is a public health crisis too. I am so deathly sick of this shit. Rage, hate, and frustration are all running neck neck in my gut.

Oddly enough, Buddy the Cat seems to sense my distress. Every time I sit down, he's up in my lap, or getting between me and the computer screen. He's all "Pet your kitty, pet your kitty. Ignore that stuff, and pay some 'tensions to me". Best cat in the world, and the best little pal I ever had.

JWM

Posted by: jwm at July 04, 2020 05:40 PM (HnUoF)

251 That's either a stuffed dog or an ersatz dog.
Dog-eat-dog -- not.

Posted by: a at July 04, 2020 06:26 PM (9+J4d)

252 Top pic proves it's a dog eat dog world.

Posted by: Aud at July 04, 2020 06:57 PM (uBywd)

253 The Trump orange seems a bit blotchy tonight.

Also I missed Melania so I'm going to just assume she looks fantastic.

Posted by: alexthechick - Boobs and hysteria at July 04, 2020 07:03 PM (GbPPJ)

254 My dog's also a big chicken about fireworks -- and thunderstorms. We can tell if there's going to be a storm when she starts hiding under my wife's desk.

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 04, 2020 07:03 PM (Oi/Ev)

255 What a good puppy to sit there with 3 hotdogs in plain view!

That's a good dog!

Posted by: jakee308 at July 04, 2020 07:05 PM (cW5Gl)

256 J. Edgar Hoover building. Where the FBI steals money from the tax payers.

Posted by: jakee308 at July 04, 2020 07:11 PM (cW5Gl)

257 Any building with Lyndon B. Johnson's name on it.

Keep the ship but change the name of the James C. Carter.

Ship names are for dead heroes.

And anything that has Robert Byrd's name on it.

Posted by: jakee308 at July 04, 2020 07:15 PM (cW5Gl)

258 I had a major scare with my dog Buddy this week. I thought the cancer had finally won. Turns out it was pancreatitis, serious but treatable. He's home with his sister and me for his 14th Independence Day. I'm blessed and grateful that we are still together.

Posted by: Mookie at July 04, 2020 07:23 PM (3vIkC)

259 We drove by a dead skunk yesterday.It stunk.

Posted by: Kurtz at July 05, 2020 09:17 AM (h+6I8)

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