Effective, and unwilling to back down

The continued obliteration of sex-specific spaces begs the question of whether the safety of girls is being considered. Quite possibly no. Worse yet, it is but ends up being discarded each time as unimportant.
Dr. Debra Soh

Jordan Peterson famously became a target of the left for refusing the mandated use of "diverse" pronouns at his university. Lately, many of the targets of the Gender Ideology essentialists have been women. Debra Soh, quoted above, is one of them.

Abigail Shrier is another. Ace reported yesterday on government agents in Spreckles, California grooming kids to be trans. Shrier initially spilled the beans on part of that story.

Recently, she spoke to students at Princeton. Likely some of the few students at Princeton who have escaped the grasp of the hard left. Reading her remarks made me want to finally buy her book. She thinks.

After summarizing an impressive education and background in law and some personal details about her life (including quitting at a law firm and having kids), she said:

I began writing a few op-eds for our local Jewish paper, one of which was spotted by a Wall Street Journal editor, who invited me to submit to the Wall Street Journal. I did, and in the course of that year, published 13 op-eds with the Journal. One of those op-eds inspired a reader to contact me and tell me the story of her teen daughter who was rushing into a sudden gender transition. After trying and failing to find an investigative journalist who wanted the assignment, I took it on myself. My investigations turned into a book called Irreversible Damage.
All of which is to say: I'm not a provocateur. I don't get a rush from making people angry. You don't have to be a troll to find yourself in the center of controversy. You need only be two things: effective, and unwilling to back down.
(emphasis mine)

Why am I unwilling to back down? Why wouldn't I prostrate myself before the petulant mobs who insist that my standard journalistic investigation into a medical mystery--specifically, why so many teen girls were suddenly identifying as transgender and clamoring to alter their bodies--makes me a hater? Why on earth would I have chosen to write this book in the first place and am I glad that I wrote it?
If you're here, you no doubt are familiar with at least some of the unpleasantness you encounter whenever you deviate from the approved script. So, again, what's it like to be the target of so much hate? It's freeing. That's what I'd like to talk about tonight.
As an undergraduate studying philosophy, I spent an inordinate amount of time wondering whether my will was free. . .

In 2021, it seems a luxury to worry that a will determined and shaped entirely by received ideas and our own personality-driven desires might not be entirely free. Today, before any of us decides what it is we want, we open our phones and participate in our own manipulation at the hands of those who actively want us to think, and see, and vote differently than our own wills would have us do. If we were not entirely free before, in other words--we are far less so now.
Every dating app pushes us toward the same few attractive mate choices; Spotify presses us to like the same music; Amazon pushes us to purchase specific books and away from others. If you're under the impression that the books Amazon recommends to you are based solely on a content-neutral algorithm, I can disabuse you of that fiction right now. I once asked one of my sources at Amazon, who was concerned about the ways the search results were being manipulated, whether he'd ever seen a book deliberately boosted. Yes, he said. Becoming by Michelle Obama. When that book came out - he told me - virtually every search you did led to the recommendation to buy the former First Lady's book. And the opposite is also true. There are books that are never recommended by the Amazon algorithm, irrespective of how well they've sold or how likely a specific shopper is to buy them. Or, at least, there's one such book. I'll let you try and guess what it is.
But the larger point is, your will is being toyed with, subverted, manipulated. . .

Something for students at Princeton, and us, to contemplate.

Back to today's practical world:

When polled, nearly two out of three Americans (62%) say they are afraid to express an unpopular opinion. That doesn't sound like a free people in a free country. We are, each day, force-fed falsehoods we are all expected to take seriously, on pain of forfeiting esteem and professional opportunity:
"Some men have periods and get pregnant." "Hard work and objectivity are hallmarks of whiteness." "Only a child knows her own true gender." "Transwomen don't have an unfair advantage when playing girls' sports."
On that final example of a lie, the one about transwomen in girls' sports, I want you to think for a moment about a young woman here at Princeton. . . Just before Thanksgiving, Ellie was defeated in the 500-meter, the event she held the record in, by almost 14 seconds by a 22 year old biological male at Penn who was competing on the men's team as recently as November of 2019. That male athlete now holds multiple U.S. records in women's swimming, erasing the hard work of so many of our best female athletes, and making a mockery of the rights women fought for generations to achieve.
Ellie Marquart swam her heart out for Princeton. When will Princeton fight for her? Where are the student protests to say--enough is enough. When a biological male who has enjoyed the full benefits of male puberty - - larger cardiovascular system, 40% more upper body muscle mass, more fast-twitch muscle fiber, more oxygenated blood--decides after three seasons on the men's team to compete as a woman and smashes the records of the top female swimmers in this country, that is not valor - - that's vandalism.
Where is the outrage?

You who are studying at one of the greatest academic institutions in the country only to be told that after graduation, you must think as we tell you and recite from this script--why were you born? What's the point of being alive? Computers are vastly better at number crunching. They'll soon be better at all kinds of more complex tasks. What they cannot do is stand on principle. What a computer cannot do is refuse to lend credibility to a rigged competition--to refuse to strengthen its coercion--making it that much harder for the next female athlete to speak up. What the computer cannot know is the glorious exertion of the human will when it refuses to truckle in the face of lies and instead publicly speaks the truth.
I didn't write Irreversible Damage to be provocative. In a freer world, nothing in my book would have created controversy. . .

You really should read her remarks. There is much more. Anyone collecting examples of how to write an essay would do well to include this. I hope a few in her Princeton audience were inspired and encouraged.

Related content from Debra Soh:

J.K. Rowling

Those seeking to understand why the average person is too terrified to speak up against transgender activism need only to look to J.K. Rowling. In a promotional trailer for Rowling's forthcoming film, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, which she co-wrote and co-produced, her name barely appears. This contrasts with how prominently her name was featured in previous advertisements for the franchise.
Rowling has endured a continued campaign of punishment and harassment ever since she (rightfully) ridiculed the term "people who menstruate" last year on social media. Her most recent transgression, according to activists, was criticizing the police in Scotland for classifying offenders based on their gender self-identification. This means that a male rapist who identifies as female will have his offense recorded as being committed by a woman.

Canada bans discussing options to transgender conversion

Bill C-4, the ban on so-called Conversation Therapy, passed with the unanimous support of all parties in the House of Commons. . .
On today's episode of the Candice Malcolm Show, Candice is joined by sex neuroscientist Dr. Debra Soh. Soh says that Canada is going in the opposite direction of other Western liberal democracies who have mandated psychotherapy before transitioning and banned dangerous puberty-blocking drugs to those under 18.
She says that clinical therapy is essential for children suffering from gender dysphoria, and banning it is cruel and anti-science.

COVID vaccine divides people

In some cases, friends and family members proudly disown people, writing them off as ignorant, selfish, conspiratorial, or worse. This is reflected in a recent study about how vaccination status is dividing the public. More than 1 in 4 vaccinated adults have stopped associating with a loved one because they are unvaccinated. Vaccinated Democrats are twice as likely as vaccinated Republicans to report doing so.
No one deserves to be discriminated against or shamed for choices pertaining to his or her personal health. Coping with the stigma and social isolation that comes with speaking up may feel insurmountable, but know that your feelings are valid. You are not alone.
Social support becomes extremely important. If people close to you are not supportive, avoiding the topic of COVID-19, and perhaps politics more generally, in conversation may be the best approach to salvaging those relationships. If possible, try to find at least one other person in your life with whom you can share your concerns.
If that fails, as difficult as it may be to find them in our censorious climate, online communities can offer support. You don't necessarily need to agree with each other. What's important is the ability to discuss freely and without judgment.

I am aware of at least one such online community.

On the lighter side

You sang it, didn't you?

Music

Carol of the Bells

Hope you have something nice planned for the weekend.

This is the Thread before the Gardening Thread.

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

Posted by: K.T. at 11:15 AM

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1 That For Lease Navidad sign gets me every time.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2021 11:17 AM (mD/uy)

2
Pembrokes and Cardigans called.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2021 11:19 AM (/U27+)

3 Lol the Mariah one was perfect... my wife was wondering why the kids don't like the song this morning...

Posted by: Inogame at December 18, 2021 11:20 AM (5FMaJ)

4 Yonder, dudes and dudettes.

The BS in public schools is a long standing problem. It used to be getting kids to accept the hippie culture... drugs mostly, but also (at the time) liberal ideals.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2021 11:20 AM (BFigT)

5 Hiya

Posted by: JT at December 18, 2021 11:21 AM (arJlL)

6 Hiya K.T. !

Posted by: JT at December 18, 2021 11:21 AM (arJlL)

7 Jose Feliciano would be unknown to history if not for that silly song.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2021 11:22 AM (VxC1e)

8 If the "check engine" light comes on, there are two possibilites.

1) There's a 1% chance there's something wrong with the engine.

2) There's a 99% chance there's something wrong with the sensor.

Our Odyssey occasionally has the light go on. We were told it's a problem with the catalytic converter. We run the car through the car wash. The light then goes out.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

All my warning lights came on. I figured the engine must caught fire or fallen out. Turns out I needed a new gas cap.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 18, 2021 11:22 AM (FVME7)

9 Willard....

Was his daughter vaxxed?
Posted by: Just a side note

No, and she didn't shave neither !

Posted by: JT at December 18, 2021 11:23 AM (arJlL)

10 I don't get why democrats are so obsessed over the sexual parts of young children. It' sickening.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 18, 2021 11:24 AM (bVYXr)

11 Meghan McCain can EABOD.

https://is.gd/l9DnS6

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 18, 2021 11:24 AM (qxz9B)

12 The Pariah Carey pic... fake but accurate.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2021 11:27 AM (HN0nw)

13 Hiya, JT!

Posted by: KT at December 18, 2021 11:28 AM (0ghg2)

14 Surprised me a few weeks ago was first time I ever saw a trannie bathroom sign like up top.
I put these things up in my living

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 11:28 AM (2JoB8)

15 Meghan McCain can EABOD.

https://is.gd/l9DnS6
Posted by: Jordan61 at December 18, 2021 11:24 AM (qxz9B)

Trump attacking that fat slob's illiterate father was brilliant politics.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 18, 2021 11:28 AM (y7DUB)

16 My 2019 doesn't even have a gas cap...

Posted by: lin-duh at December 18, 2021 11:28 AM (UUBmN)

17 Meghan McCain can EABOD.

-
Save us, Joe! You're our only hope.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 18, 2021 11:28 AM (FVME7)

18 Jose Feliciano would be unknown to history if not for that silly song.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2021 11:22 AM (VxC1e)

And what a better world that would have been.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2021 11:28 AM (HN0nw)

19 You really should read her remarks.

Definitely some good stuff there. Thanks.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 11:29 AM (Xrfse)

20 Jose Feliciano would be unknown to history if not for that silly song.
Posted by: Cicero

Honest to goodness, I saw Feliciano open for The Carpenters at Mershon Auditorium in Columbus in '73 or '74. Weird paring but a great concert.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2021 11:30 AM (mD/uy)

21 And no offense to Dr. Soh, but she actually looks like a trannie.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2021 11:30 AM (HN0nw)

22 That is hilarious-For Lease Navidad. I comment the person who thought that up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 18, 2021 11:31 AM (KBCaU)

23 All things meant to break your spirit and defeat you require only one thing, that you quit. It's why the Left and all other tyrannical forces don't want you to resist. It halts their momentum and brings about a vacuum- that wisdom fills. In the end that perspective marshals the forces which defeat their ignominy.

Never quit. Never falter. Never surrender.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 18, 2021 11:31 AM (d+AL/)

24 I disconnected the check engine lights. Went with bells and whistles. I'm like the ice cream truck rolling down the boulevard.

Posted by: Mister Softee at December 18, 2021 11:31 AM (JPtHE)

25 Hiya

--Uncle Roger

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at December 18, 2021 11:33 AM (tDAwn)

26 Police nabbed yer Dad!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 18, 2021 11:33 AM (m45I2)

27 Those kids were listening to Yoko Ono last time.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 18, 2021 11:34 AM (63Dwl)

28 Honest to goodness, I saw Feliciano open for The Carpenters at Mershon Auditorium in Columbus in '73 or '74. Weird paring but a great concert.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2021 11:30 AM (mD/uy)

Eons ago, I was dragged to a concert by a chick who loved James Taylor. My opinion then and now is that Taylor was/is a lightweight, with a voice that seems to appeal to some people, but that was about all he had to offer.

Anyhoo, Randy Newman was his opening act. Now, before Randy became the Dinsey cartoon soundtrack guy, people took him seriously as a musician and songwriter.

That night though, he sat at his piano, with his back to the audience, and muddled through his set, before Taylor came out and killed it by engaging with the audience. So I give him credit for being a performer, because otherwise there might have been several suicides that night by those who may have only seen Newman's set.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2021 11:34 AM (HN0nw)

29 All my warning lights came on. I figured the engine must caught fire or fallen out. Turns out I needed a new gas cap.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice!

Yeah. I did that.
Now I just found out the mechanic quit. On the spot. Just now.

So the manager has been called in.
Looks like my Saturday is going to be spent sitting in their waiting room.

Whatever.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 18, 2021 11:34 AM (h11Gd)

30 Honest to goodness, I saw Feliciano open for The Carpenters at Mershon Auditorium in Columbus in '73 or '74. Weird paring but a great concert.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2021 11:30 AM (mD/uy)

I saw him on a parade float at Epcot.
Scoff if you want, but I'd take that gig if offered.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 18, 2021 11:35 AM (vuisn)

31 Cool! Covington Kid just settled with NBC for $275 Million.

Wow, Kid could leverage his smirk into $1 Billion if this keeps going! Yeah, the Billion Dollar Smirk has a nice ring.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 18, 2021 11:35 AM (oHd/0)

32 So the senate voted in the middle of the night to make Rahm Emmanuel ambassador to Japan...
Vote was 48-21. Looks like they waited until people left town for Christmas. 3 dems voted against the appointment so one/some rinos voted for...

Posted by: lin-duh at December 18, 2021 11:36 AM (UUBmN)

33 Jose Feliciano would be unknown to history if not for that silly song.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2021 11:22 AM (VxC1e)

Light my Fire and Chico and the man.

Dude had a ton of Spanish language albums even if he didn't have a lot of crossover songs.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 11:36 AM (U9Qbt)

34 Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 18, 2021 11:34 AM

Yoko Ono may have inspired Mariah Carey. But I am not aware of any of Ono's Christmas hits.

Posted by: KT at December 18, 2021 11:37 AM (0ghg2)

35 More than 1 in 4 vaccinated adults have stopped associating with a loved one because they are unvaccinated. Vaccinated Democrats are twice as likely as vaccinated Republicans to report doing so.

That would be most of my remaining family. All Democrats and nearly all shunning me for my non-compliance. No Christmas gatherings once again this year, at least none that I will be welcome at. So be it. I'll carry on without y'all.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 11:37 AM (Xrfse)

36
Looks like my Saturday is going to be spent sitting in their waiting room.

Whatever.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 18, 2021 11:34 AM

Cheer up. I'll keep you company.

Posted by: Omicron at December 18, 2021 11:37 AM (dQvv7)

37 If i were a pervert....

Need a government job so i can get some ass by The FORCE.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 18, 2021 11:38 AM (66yNo)

38 Feliz Navidad.

I always say it "Feel his navel, Dad."

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trying not to piss off Krampus at December 18, 2021 11:38 AM (x8Wzq)

39 Went to see my much older sister who is now living in a "shed" in her son's (my nephew who is 5 years younger than I) backyard.

He is working from home, had Covid and had the shot because he works for the state. He greeted us in his living room wearing a mask.

Obediently afraid. Such a change from the squirrelly hyperactive kid who would not obey anyone when he was five.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 18, 2021 11:38 AM (ZMraq)

40 So the senate voted in the middle of the night to make Rahm Emmanuel ambassador to Japan...
Vote was 48-21. Looks like they waited until people left town for Christmas. 3 dems voted against the appointment so one/some rinos voted for...
Posted by: lin-duh at December 18, 2021 11:36 AM (UUBmN)

What did Japan do to piss off Team Biden.

Oh... they're opposed to Chi Nah. Fine, we'll be on the lookout for the planes arriving at Pearl Harbor soon. Or maybe we won't be on the lookout. Maybe this time they'll finish the job.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2021 11:39 AM (HN0nw)

41 18 Jose Feliciano would be unknown to history if not for that silly song.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2021 11:22 AM (VxC1e)

And what a better world that would have been.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2021 11:28 AM (HN0nw)

It's part of the fun of Christmas. I like giddy celebrations.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 18, 2021 11:39 AM (Fs5vw)

42 I saw him on a parade float at Epcot.
Scoff if you want, but I'd take that gig if offered.
Posted by: Dr. Varno

Big Mouse Inc. has a boatload of issues but they pay pretty well for entertainers. A gal I know is our age (29) and is one of the few women they can find to sing the great American songbook for weddings and functions at their CA site. She is as busy as she wants to be and makes a damn good living at it.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2021 11:39 AM (mD/uy)

43 31 Cool! Covington Kid just settled with NBC for $275 Million.

That's awesome. I only wish individuals would get sued into poverty.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 18, 2021 11:39 AM (eGTCV)

44 Never quit. Never falter. Never surrender.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 18, 2021 11:31 AM

Easier said than done. Example: those in prison for last 11 months in DC for not quitting, not faltering and not surrendering.

Under threat of losing one's job and livelihood, losing one's ability to support one's family, etc... what will most of us choose to do?

Not everyone's choice to not surrender ends up like Sandmann (rich), but more likely ends up like Rittenhouse (on trial for his life, life in the hands of 12 jurors, rest of life will have every institution in the country biased against him).

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 18, 2021 11:40 AM (Do5/p)

45 So the senate voted in the middle of the night to make Rahm Emmanuel ambassador to Japan...

Posted by: lin-duh at December 18, 2021 11:36 AM (UUBmN)

I don't know why, but I thought that already happened.

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 18, 2021 11:40 AM (qxz9B)

46 Overheard on the starting blocks: "Is that an Evinrude™ in your Speedo™?"

Posted by: Muldoon at December 18, 2021 11:41 AM (m45I2)

47 Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2021 11:28 AM (HN0nw)

It's part of the fun of Christmas. I like giddy celebrations.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 18, 2021 11:39 AM (Fs5vw)

My favorite Christmas song is "Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel." That's as giddy as I prefer to get.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2021 11:42 AM (HN0nw)

48 More than 1 in 4 vaccinated adults have stopped associating with a loved one because they are unvaccinated. Vaccinated Democrats are twice as likely as vaccinated Republicans to report doing so.

That would be most of my remaining family. All Democrats and nearly all shunning me for my non-compliance. No Christmas gatherings once again this year, at least none that I will be welcome at. So be it. I'll carry on without y'all.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 11:37 AM (Xrfse)

Destroying the concept of family is an essential ingredient of tyranny.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 18, 2021 11:42 AM (y7DUB)

49
Delilah lost today, going Best of Opposite Sex at the AKC National Championship show in Orlando. It's a very great disappointment to us and I'm sure it's a very great disappointment to her. And I'm sure she showed her heart out. She's a real trouper.

That's the last show of the year. Delilah will still end the year as #1 Borzoi in breed, all-breed and Grand Championship rankings, possibly among the top 10 Hounds and likely among the top 100 dogs in the country. We're very proud of her. She's one hell of a girl.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2021 11:42 AM (/U27+)

50 I'll be on limited Christmas get togethers this year. I dont like this vax, wont get 'pfizerpes' for any amount of $. In-laws are all libs so their avoiding me is a mixed blessing this year.

Posted by: Rex B at December 18, 2021 11:42 AM (kromb)

51 Hi Kindltot!
My younger brother, who is a progtard, his wife and two teenage daughters (all "fully vaccinated ") just left for Busarias, Mexico. He's all on board, but also wants to get back to some sense of normalcy.

Many folks here are still traveling and attending events. But the vaccination cards are mandatory.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 18, 2021 11:42 AM (h11Gd)

52 I've chosen to be vaccinated. I can't conceive of asking anyone else about their vaccination status.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 18, 2021 11:43 AM (eGTCV)

53 Cool! Covington Kid just settled with NBC for $275 Million.

That's awesome. I only wish individuals would get sued into poverty.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 18, 2021 11:39 AM

Great for Sandmann. But in the big picture has anything changed? Nope. CNN still spews propaganda. NBC still spews propaganda.

So while one person (and lawyers) get rich, the rest of the world still has to suffer due to the propaganda put out by CNN and NBC. Nothing changes except for the bank accounts of a few people.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 18, 2021 11:43 AM (Do5/p)

54 Fleas have it bad!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 18, 2021 11:44 AM (m45I2)

55 Yoko and voice are prominently featured in the Happy Christmas the war is over record.

Posted by: Mister Softee at December 18, 2021 11:44 AM (JPtHE)

56 Jordan,
It might have been but I just read the blurb about it at FR.

Posted by: lin-duh at December 18, 2021 11:45 AM (UUBmN)

57 These Nazis are better. Watch.

Goose step. Goose step. Skip prance. Goose step.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 18, 2021 11:45 AM (66yNo)

58 "If people close to you are not supportive, avoiding the topic of COVID-19, and perhaps politics more generally, in conversation may be the best approach to salvaging those relationships."

Agree to disagree can work, if the relationship is important. But with the leftists controlling so much of media, and so many institutions, not speaking can be surrender. They Flood the zone so Resistance is essential.

Reminds me of that winner of the Draw Muhammad contest. Caption was angry Muhammad with raised sword saying "You can't draw me". The artist draws his hand with the pen, saying "That's Why is draw you".

We really shouldn't let critical issues be verboten to speak about openly. But there is always a balance.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 18, 2021 11:46 AM (Cus5s)

59 Destroying the concept of family is an essential ingredient of tyranny.

Well, in my case it seems to have worked.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 11:46 AM (Xrfse)

60 That's the last show of the year. Delilah will still end the year as #1 Borzoi in breed, all-breed and Grand Championship rankings, possibly among the top 10 Hounds and likely among the top 100 dogs in the country. We're very proud of her. She's one hell of a girl.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

That's great news, I know that y'all have sacrificed a lot for that to happen. Could not have happened to nicer folks.

Posted by: whig at December 18, 2021 11:46 AM (9hXN1)

61 Muldoon, old retired cop I used to volunteer with had that one, which he said was common back then in his circle (and back then they'd rotate through duty that included policing areas along the border):

"Police have your dad"

(sub those words in for "Feliz Navidad" and you'll never hear the song the same way again)

Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2021 11:46 AM (OTzUX)

62
Feliz Navidad.

Rush had a parody song sung to that tune.

He has gravitas

Back when "gravitas" was a thing

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 18, 2021 11:46 AM (63Dwl)

63 If the "check engine" light comes on, there are two possibilites.
1) There's a 1% chance there's something wrong with the engine.
2) There's a 99% chance there's something wrong with the sensor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

All my warning lights came on. I figured the engine must caught fire or fallen out. Turns out I needed a new gas cap.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 18, 2021 11:22 AM

Go to the nearest Walmart and buy a $20 OBD II code reader. It'll save you the trip to the shop to find out what the idiot light is trying to tell you

obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 18, 2021 11:47 AM (DUIap)

64 Thanks for the vid KT.

One of my favorite Christmas songs.

And an excellent version.

Posted by: Golfman at December 18, 2021 11:47 AM (+88Po)

65 I've chosen to be vaccinated. I can't conceive of asking anyone else about their vaccination status.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 18, 2021 11:43 AM (eGTCV)

I got jabbed in the Spring, because I wasn't going to have that fight. Then. I got the Covids last month, and so now everywhere I go... EVERY. WHERE... I consider myself the safest person for any of you f**ks to be around, so shut the hell up about your masks and all the rest of it. I don't want to hear it. I'm not participating in the charade anymore.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2021 11:47 AM (HN0nw)

66 Howdy HT! Another great write up - thanks!

I continue to wonder why your non-gardening posts are not featured during the week. Maybe if you put a bat video in it?? Haha

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2021 11:48 AM (mZUr4)

67 Fleas have it bad!

*types* *deletes*

Posted by: Fauci's Beagles at December 18, 2021 11:48 AM (Xrfse)

68 It might have been but I just read the blurb about it at FR.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 18, 2021 11:45 AM (UUBmN)

No, you're right. He was nominated back in August; I didn't know confirmations took that long (for this administration, anyway).

Posted by: Jordan61 at December 18, 2021 11:48 AM (qxz9B)

69 There's a Latin jazz orchestra version of Feliz Navidad that is fantastic.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2021 11:48 AM (OTzUX)

70 Stupid autocucumber -- sorry KT for calling you HT

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2021 11:48 AM (mZUr4)

71 I think AutoZone and I know O'Reilly will read the codes on your car for free. If you don't feel like "investing" $20 in a code reader.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2021 11:50 AM (OTzUX)

72 My younger brother, who is a progtard, his wife and two teenage daughters (all "fully vaccinated ") just left for Busarias, Mexico.
Posted by: nurse ratched

#1 son got stuck in Mexico after vacationing with his wife and kids and inlaws. Tested positive but asymptomatic. He and the fam live in a leftist suburb of Dallas, big O'Rourke supporters and all that goes with that. He's beginning to see the light however but his wife drags on him like an anchor. She's from a big money family and grew up in Manhattan.

It's a long, slow road back to intelligence for my boy but I think he's taken a few tentative steps. I pray constantly for him and the kids.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2021 11:51 AM (mD/uy)

73 59 Destroying the concept of family is an essential ingredient of tyranny.

Well, in my case it seems to have worked.

Posted by: Notorious BFD

Listen to 'I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty.' He encapsulates mindset pretty well. In time, this societal parting of your family will go away; then it is up to your family to reconcile or not.

I had a severe breach with my father as a young adult but I had the benefit of his whole side of the family thinking that my father was being an ass in the situation including my mother. Was during the Gulf War I when I was on active duty. We reconciled and had a good relationship for the rest of his life. I still miss him and always try to remember the good, not the bad.

Posted by: whig at December 18, 2021 11:51 AM (9hXN1)

74 I'm no good at predicting but I will say that it wouldn't surprise me if the women's NCAAA officials set up some type of handicapping system to slow down the biological males so that events can be "competitive". Like jockeys, or NASCAR restrictor plates, or the double amputee 400 meter guy from South Africa (Pistorius) who was only allowed to wear his "medium" springy prostheses.

Maybe the men will have to increase drag by swimming with a full beard or a weight sstrapped to their penis when they enter a womens' event.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 18, 2021 11:51 AM (m45I2)

75 Stupid autocucumber -- sorry KT for calling you HT
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2021 11:48 AM (mZUr4)

HT...

Handsome Tyrant?

Haughty Tits?

Holy Trannie?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2021 11:52 AM (HN0nw)

76 There are a few policies that clearly illustrate the left doesn't actually care about the people they advocate for, none more so than trans and women. People with gender dysphoria lead miserable lives with high incidents of suicide ideation, attempts, and success. From a practical standpoint, who wants to be in a relationship with someone who has switched genders? This is a very small dating pool, leaving trans people alone, especially into their later years. Encouraging children to be trans is evil.
And nothing guts feminism like the trans movement. Women are being told that there is nothing special about being a woman; any man can become a woman in an instant. All the hard-fought battles to support women's sports, and now the door is opened for every women's sports program to be dominated by men.
The left uses minorities as tools, cudgels used to batter the foundations of our society. And once a tool is broken or no longer useful, it is cast aside.

Posted by: IanDeal at December 18, 2021 11:52 AM (iDLv4)

77 We're very proud of her. She's one hell of a girl.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2021 11:42 AM (/U27+)

We're proud too, H7! Thanks for keeping us posted on things and giving insight into that world. Fascinating stuff - truly.

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2021 11:52 AM (mZUr4)

78 Dashboard of the Challenger lit up like a Christmas tree. I thought it was terminal.

Rear wheel sensor. Sixty bucks, including labor.

Posted by: creeper at December 18, 2021 11:52 AM (cTCuP)

79 or the double amputee 400 meter guy from South Africa (Pistorius) who was only allowed to wear his "medium" springy prostheses.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 18, 2021 11:51 AM (m45I2)

Yeah, he's only allowed to wear his high springy blades when he's murdering his wife.

The guy kinda set the bladers back a few decades, it seems.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2021 11:53 AM (HN0nw)

80 Dashboard of the Challenger lit up like a Christmas tree. I thought it was terminal.

Rear wheel sensor. Sixty bucks, including labor.
Posted by: creeper at December 18, 2021 11:52 AM (cTCuP)

Yeah, those assholes Scobee and Smith just ignored all the pretty lights when they lit up on our Challenger.

Posted by: Zombie C. McAullife at December 18, 2021 11:56 AM (HN0nw)

81 76 There are a few policies that clearly illustrate the left doesn't actually care about the people they advocate for, none more so than trans and women. People with gender dysphoria lead miserable lives with high incidents of suicide ideation, attempts, and success. From a practical standpoint, who wants to be in a relationship with someone who has switched genders? This is a very small dating pool, leaving trans people alone, especially into their later years. Encouraging children to be trans is evil.
And nothing guts feminism like the trans movement. Women are being told that there is nothing special about being a woman; any man can become a woman in an instant. All the hard-fought battles to support women's sports, and now the door is opened for every women's sports program to be dominated by men.
The left uses minorities as tools, cudgels used to batter the foundations of our society. And once a tool is broken or no longer useful, it is cast aside.
Posted by: IanDeal at December 18, 2021 1

The people who care the least about transsexuals are the people shrieking the loudest about there "rights".
People experimenting with children are monsters.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 18, 2021 11:56 AM (eGTCV)

82
I think AutoZone and I know O'Reilly will read the codes on your car for free. If you don't feel like "investing" $20 in a code reader.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2021 11:50 AM (OTzUX)

I may not have said so more clearly, but I think the problem isn't what the code says it is. The code reader may indicate a problem with the catalytic converter, but it's not the catalytic converter. It's the sensing thing in your engine that causes the light to come on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2021 11:57 AM (/U27+)

83 For literally decades I've had to avoid/manipulate conversations with a lot of people in my world because they simply can't discuss things intelligently and clearly are not educable. The last few years' descent into absurd hysteria and orwellian disinformation - and institutional collapse - has only made that pattern more pronounced.

Just ran into someone haven't seen in a while this week. Nice guy, neighbor/friend from childhood, fathers worked in same outfit. FFS, in 5 minutes of small talk/catch-up he managed to toss in how awful last year was because of C19 ..... and ..... Trump. I actually casually inquired "what about Trump, last year?" and of course he had no specific answer.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2021 11:58 AM (OTzUX)

84 Light my Fire and Chico and the man.

Dude had a ton of Spanish language albums even if he didn't have a lot of crossover songs.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 11:36 AM (U9Qbt)

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He would have done better if he had subtitles.

Hey Spielberg, you listening?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2021 11:58 AM (VxC1e)

85 Trannie 20 seconds penalty from the starting block

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 11:59 AM (2JoB8)

86 85 Trannie 20 seconds penalty from the starting block
Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 11:59 AM (2JoB

Promote them into the men's division--it would be like going from AAA baseball to the majors, which should be every athlete's goal.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 18, 2021 12:00 PM (eGTCV)

87 Many folks here are still traveling and attending events. But the vaccination cards are mandatory.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 18, 2021 11:42 AM (h11Gd)

Well, my sister is being evenhanded and nice, but she believes what she is told, like all the radicals of her generation. She was surprised at the sinus wash with betadyne, and actually asked me the proportions. I think she will share with her kids, but I doubt her son will listen.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 18, 2021 12:01 PM (ZMraq)

88 Can someone please explain to me where we stand with mask mandates? I thought SCOTUS threw them all out, at least for large companies. How is it they're back?

Posted by: creeper at December 18, 2021 12:01 PM (cTCuP)

89 The people who care the least about transsexuals are the people shrieking the loudest about there "rights".
People experimenting with children are monsters.

Posted by: Northernlurker

Want to end that--have states pass laws allowing lawsuits against parents, doctors, medical facilities, and anyone personally advising the minor to go through with it. This would allow minors who had the surgery/pills given to them and now have regrets to sue for up to seven years after they become adults. Make it damages not subject to dismissal by bankruptcy.

You want the laws enforced--take it out of the hands of the state and give it to the people to enforce it with damages. Get rid of qualified immunity for administrators not following the law and include personal liability for such administrators, and so on.

Posted by: whig at December 18, 2021 12:02 PM (9hXN1)

90 Posted by: whig at December 18, 2021 11:51 AM

Appreciate your thoughtful response on this. While I agree 100% I'm afraid time is running out for any reconciliation. I ain't gettin' any younger and my empathy is wearing thin. Hope I don't sound like I'm having my own personal pity party, because I'm really not. This is sometimes a good place to vent and I probably overstep my boundaries on that score. Anyway, thanks to the Horde for puttin' up with me. Now, if I can just rid myself of the Jose Feliciano ear worm. Heh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 12:02 PM (Xrfse)

91 >My 2019 doesn't even have a gas cap...
Posted by: lin-duh at December 18, 2021 11:28 AM (UUBmN)

My 2010 doesn't either. It throws a check engine light if the flapper-thingy on the fuel-filler doesn't make a perfect seal, which sometimes happens here in OR because you don't get to pump your own gas and the attendants don't much GAF if they take care with your vehicle. Fortunately, I'm barely smart enough to own a code reader, be able to interpret the codes, and clear them, so no expensive trip to the repair shop for me.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at December 18, 2021 12:03 PM (cSs/W)

92 Notorious - "Police have your dad" (won't rid you of the ear-worm, but at least with change it up a bit)

Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2021 12:03 PM (OTzUX)

93 88 Can someone please explain to me where we stand with mask mandates? I thought SCOTUS threw them all out, at least for large companies. How is it they're back?

Posted by: creeper

The Sixth Circuit ruling is over the OSHA regulations instituting work practices for employers of 100 or more.

Posted by: whig at December 18, 2021 12:04 PM (9hXN1)

94 I've had a car that often had the engine light go on. It was always caused by rust on the gas cap.

Posted by: Northernlurker at December 18, 2021 12:04 PM (eGTCV)

95 There is an old saying in the medical field that says "If you ask a barber, he's going to tell you that you need a haircut."

Dr. (nee) Richard Levine worked for years counseling "gender-connfussed" teens and pre-teens. You don't have to guess what his recommendations were.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 18, 2021 12:05 PM (m45I2)

96 You want the laws enforced--take it out of the hands of the state and give it to the people to enforce it with damages. Get rid of qualified immunity for administrators not following the law and include personal liability for such administrators, and so on.

Posted by: whig

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Somebody seems to hate Science . .

Sarc tag off

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 18, 2021 12:05 PM (lwiVK)

97 whig - in terms of mechanics, won't the Sixth ruling be acted on, in some fashion, by SCOTUS in an expeditious manner? Same for the other cases on mandates that are in the system?

Seems the need for injunctions or TROs and/or special/immediate action is clear here - irreparable damage, etc etc.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2021 12:05 PM (OTzUX)

98 The code reader may indicate a problem with the catalytic converter, but it's not the catalytic converter. It's the sensing thing in your engine that causes the light to come on.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2021 11:57 AM (/U27+)

Better code reader can see the live data. If a cat code engine could be running rich... like a leaky fuel injector which causes the sensor to read out of spec.

Fuel pressure gage that bleeds down fast might show that. Or it has bad check valve coincidentally.

Posted by: Phuk Ho Le at December 18, 2021 12:06 PM (ANVEE)

99 Honest to goodness, I saw Feliciano open for The Carpenters at Mershon Auditorium in Columbus in '73 or '74. Weird paring but a great concert.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2021 11:30 AM (mD/uy)

I seem to remember that he did a really good cover of the Doors' "Light My Fire".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2021 12:06 PM (P3gRi)

100 Light my Fire and Chico and the man.

Dude had a ton of Spanish language albums even if he didn't have a lot of crossover songs.
Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 11:36 AM (U9Qbt)

For better or worse, whenever Jose Feliciano is mentioned my first thought is the scene in the movie "Fargo," of doofus kidnapper Steve Buscemi with his escort service date at a Feliciano show in Minneapolis.

Posted by: Gref at December 18, 2021 12:06 PM (AMIL/)

101 What is "Best of Opposite Sex" at AKC? Girl dogs?

Congrats on top Borzoi, regardless of not winning best overall Borzoi today Hadrian.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 18, 2021 12:07 PM (3cGpq)

102 I seem to remember that he did a really good cover of the Doors' "Light My Fire".

It actually was pretty good, IMO.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 12:07 PM (Xrfse)

103 A check light kept coming on in my Wrangler so I looked up how to get the code and it turned out to be my gas cap. Seemed fine to me but I bought another one and light went away.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:07 PM (U9Qbt)

104 Without looking to correct or confirm, every time I see "borzoi" I think of the Soviet Olympic sprinter from the 1980s (?). One of the only/last white guys to win the 100 meter.

Parts or all of this could be wrong. I blame the dain bramage.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2021 12:08 PM (OTzUX)

105 If you live in a state where they make you go through a vehicle inspection, a check engine light (CEL) may cause your vehicle to fail. The other thing one of those "code reader" tools do is turn off that light... basically erase all the error codes thrown by the computer. The light will come back on if there's a real issue or the associated sensor(s) are bad, but you'll likely get through inspection with having to shell out a wad of cash. Know what the code is... some 3 digit number typically... and you can research what it means and get an idea whether or not it's serious enough to warrant a fix.

I went 7 years with an old Chevy Silverado that threw a CEL all the freaking time for something to do with the emissions garbage. $1200 to fix on a $700 truck. Every year I'd turn that CEL off for the WV inspection.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2021 12:08 PM (BFigT)

106 The sinus wash would probably help my problem immensely, but frightens me like it was waterboarding

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 12:09 PM (2JoB8)

107 Cool! Covington Kid just settled with NBC for $275 Million.

..

No. The settlement is confidential.

Highly likely it's not even close to that amount.

Posted by: Just Saying at December 18, 2021 12:09 PM (AfFfi)

108 Right now watching the mubadala tennis tournament in Dubai . The Arab formal dress still makes me think all of it is just characters in a movie. I'm just an ugly American I guess.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:11 PM (U9Qbt)

109 "Coping with the social isolation that comes with speaking up"

This isn't difficult for me. Social isolation is my natural habitat. I hate to go out peopling.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2021 12:11 PM (Vxu+H)

110 The Sixth Circuit ruling is over the OSHA regulations instituting work practices for employers of 100 or more.

Posted by: whig at December 18, 2021 12:04 PM (9hXN1)

So just more jerking us around. They have no clue the level of anger that is out here. Sooner or later it will explode.

Posted by: creeper at December 18, 2021 12:11 PM (cTCuP)

111 I don't think NBC has $275 million.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2021 12:11 PM (VxC1e)

112 "Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 18, 2021 11:40 AM (Do5/p)"

You almost never choose the circumstances, but you always have a choice as to how you deal with them. Sometimes the choices are simple, more then often they are not. I've seen good men die because they simply refuse to quit. I've seen others submit as a matter of personal convenience, selfishness and weakness. Our choices are relatively simple in that regard. We can steel ourselves and grow some spine in order to preserve what many died for, or we can abandon it on the dust pile of history for our own depravity and pusillanimity. I know what I would choose.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 18, 2021 12:11 PM (d+AL/)

113 That guy up top on the right has a bulge in his dress.

Posted by: f'd at December 18, 2021 12:11 PM (Tnijr)

114 This is an incredible article by Revolver News exposing some of the people who incited the riot on January 6th. There were a handful of people who not only appeared to be very publicly inciting the riot they also appear to have been working in concert to make the riot happen and knowingly lead people into being arrested. Worst of all, none of the ringleaders has been arrested despite their being video and picture evidence of them committing the crimes.

Give yourself an hour or so to read this and check the links. This is some incredible reporting and if you suspect the feds were involved with Jan 6th this will likely just make you more convinced.

It's not a conspiracy theory if it actually happened.

https://tinyurl.com/22jj65hv

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 12:11 PM (ZLI7S)

115 When I hear Borzoi I think of ballet.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 18, 2021 12:12 PM (m45I2)

116 Claymation Christmas - Carol of the Bells:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SOvfher8Dg

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 18, 2021 12:12 PM (Dc2NZ)

117
Maybe the men will have to increase drag by swimming with a full beard or a weight sstrapped to their penis when they enter a womens' event.
Posted by: Muldoon

Harrison Bergeron has come true to life just as has 1984.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 18, 2021 12:12 PM (63Dwl)

118 115 When I hear Borzoi I think of ballet.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 18, 2021 12:12 PM (m45I2)

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Dogs dancing ballet enjoyed a brief period of popularity in the Dogs Playing Poker era.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2021 12:13 PM (VxC1e)

119 110 The Sixth Circuit ruling is over the OSHA regulations instituting work practices for employers of 100 or more.

Posted by: whig at December 18, 2021 12:04 PM (9hXN1)

Peak season is winding down for UPS, USPS, FedEx and the travel industry. This was bound to happen.

Posted by: Fool Otto at December 18, 2021 12:14 PM (DB16e)

120 The sinus wash would probably help my problem immensely, but frightens me like it was waterboarding
Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 12:09 PM (2JoB

Just don't cover your face with a rag and have your arms restrained while being held on your back . . .

Joke. Um, it is a netti pot, and you have full control over it. Do it over the tub or in the shower stall so you don't have to worry if you snot it all over the place. It is an old treatment.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 18, 2021 12:14 PM (ZMraq)

121 Had the CEL intermittently for a while and the diagnostics weren't helping to narrow it down. I had read somewhere that going to higher octane fuel might help. It did. No more light. Unfortunately, in Build Back Worser that is an expensive solution. FJB.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 12:15 PM (Xrfse)

122 I like Shrier's work, but she's still not quiiiiite there yet. Almost though. In one of her recent excellent substack columns, she snuck in this paragraph:

"I have no reason to believe that these activist educators are part of the gay or transgender communities themselves. For decades, gay Americans lived under the shadow of a vicious calumny that - if granted full inclusion in society - thy wouldn't 'recruit' children. This was, and remains, a lie - one that was used to justify bigotry, even violence. But taking advantage of Americans' current desire for LGBTQ inclusiveness, California's largest teachers' union seems, perversely, to have perceived the opportunity to coach teachers in student-recruiting tactics."

She doesn't seem quite ready to accept some realities.

Posted by: McLurkerson at December 18, 2021 12:15 PM (wNDOJ)

123 More than 1 in 4 vaccinated adults have stopped associating with a loved one because they are unvaccinated. Vaccinated Democrats are twice as likely as vaccinated Republicans to report doing so.

Two things here:
1) This is what makes a National Divorce easier, people are self selecting to which nation they want to be a member.

2) I'm glad that the words "to report" was included, I would hate to think that party affiliation is collected at the local Clot Shot dispensary.

For some, it seems that pride in being a lab rat is on par with enjoying Crossfit, distance running or vegan lifestyle.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 12:15 PM (+LCoQ)

124 The sinus wash would probably help my problem immensely, but frightens me like it was waterboarding

It's not that bad. The trick is to breath through your mouth while you irrigate the sinuses.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2021 12:15 PM (BFigT)

125 Borzov, I think that's it. Valeriy Borzov. Not Borzoi, obviously, but close.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2021 12:15 PM (OTzUX)

126 Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 12:11 PM (ZLI7S)

Some of us saw this coming from a million miles away prior to Jan 6th.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:16 PM (U9Qbt)

127
The bells! THE BELLS!

Make it stop!

Posted by: Nino Greasemanelli at December 18, 2021 12:16 PM (2iDSr)

128 It's hard to not imagine things are getting worse , and will continue downhill from this point. I just feel like Jesus is closer to coming back than most imagine. I hope anyway.

Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 18, 2021 12:17 PM (QZ/dC)

129 I don't think NBC has $275 million.

Give the juiced markets a few more trillion in Fed stimulus.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 12:17 PM (+LCoQ)

130 Curiosity overcame laziness so off to DDG I went; Best of opposite sex in AKC depends on what sex was awarded Best of breed at that show. Makes sense.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 18, 2021 12:17 PM (3cGpq)

131 Name one progessive plank that is not Orwellian. Just one. I'll wait. Just one piece of truth. One piece of goodness.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at December 18, 2021 12:18 PM (0OmEj)

132 52 I've chosen to be vaccinated. I can't conceive of asking anyone else about their vaccination status.
Posted by: Northernlurker at December 18, 2021 11:43 AM (eGTCV)
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Ditto, although I may demand proof of HPV and Dengue Fever before I will grace their party with my presence.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 18, 2021 12:18 PM (Dc2NZ)

133 106 The sinus wash would probably help my problem immensely, but frightens me like it was waterboarding

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 12:09 PM (2JoB

It is an odd feeling, but using the NeillMed squeeze bottle rinse thing, I've never had any feeling of choking or water in my windpipe. I have had a small amount of the rinse drain from the sinuses into my mouth, but that never gives me a "Danger Will Robinson" feeling. I think some fluid draining into your mouth indicates you got a really good sinus flush. I always feel better, at least temporarily, after a sinus rinse-out.

Posted by: Gref at December 18, 2021 12:18 PM (AMIL/)

134 [It's hard to not imagine things are getting worse , and will continue downhill from this point. I just feel like Jesus is closer to coming back than most imagine. I hope anyway.

Since time doesn't run backwards, that statement has been true since being announced at the Mount of Olives.

But I do have a question for you. Does God run on his timetable, or is He just hanging out waiting for man to manipulate His return through their Free Will actions?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 12:18 PM (+LCoQ)

135 How many genders do they recognize in dog shows anyway?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2021 12:19 PM (VxC1e)

136 " Best of opposite sex "

That's the best kind.

Posted by: f'd at December 18, 2021 12:19 PM (Tnijr)

137 She doesn't seem quite ready to accept some realities.

Base on that excerpt, she's definitely got a ways to go.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 12:19 PM (Xrfse)

138 In case things aren't bad enough there's a Jimmy Kimmel Bowl tonight.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 18, 2021 12:20 PM (y7DUB)

139 No one makes an out of court settlement with an individual for 275 million. If the 275 million is an accurate number maybe it's an annuity payout amount .

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:20 PM (U9Qbt)

140 Friends sister works ER in Minneapolis. A xer identifying as Josephine was in due to having xis period.. can't make this shit up

Posted by: A dude in MI at December 18, 2021 12:20 PM (pjG0m)

141
Had the CEL intermittently for a while and the diagnostics weren't helping to narrow it down. I had read somewhere that going to higher octane fuel might help. It did. No more light. Unfortunately, in Build Back Worser that is an expensive solution. FJB.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 12:15 PM

Maybe try a 50/50 blend of low and higher octane to save money. If that works, then try 25/75 until problem returns.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 18, 2021 12:20 PM (dQvv7)

142 139 No one makes an out of court settlement with an individual for 275 million. If the 275 million is an accurate number maybe it's an annuity payout amount .
Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:20 PM (U9Qbt)

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Maybe it's paid out in scrip redeemable at the Rockefeller Center gift shop.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2021 12:21 PM (VxC1e)

143 You don't understand God or free will if you ask that question, as for your mocking of my statement, it wouldn't be Christian of me to say GFY so I won't.

Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 18, 2021 12:21 PM (QZ/dC)

144 My little community must be doing something nright...this morning I saw three big manly trucks (one driven by a woman) crusing the road with huge "Fu*k Biden", "Let's Go Brandon", and "Defund Biden" flags.
Lots of horn honking too.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2021 12:21 PM (axyOa)

145 Joke. Um, it is a netti pot, and you have full control over it. Do it over the tub or in the shower stall so you don't have to worry if you snot it all over the place. It is an old treatment.

I would hate to see this go the way of everything else and turn into some pseudo-medical cult fetish where devotees engage in this practice in public moments after meeting people .

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 12:22 PM (+LCoQ)

146 Dropped a few shekels into the Cold Duty gofundme, & followed uo w/ a prayer.

Posted by: West at December 18, 2021 12:22 PM (QY+6a)

147 That's great Diogenes!

Saw a FUCK JOE BIDEN flag proudly affixed to somebody's house on a main thoroughfare. There was a time when I would have thought that a bit crass to display in public -- comity and all that -- but Fuck That. War.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 18, 2021 12:23 PM (Dc2NZ)

148 Borzov, I think that's it. Valeriy Borzov. Not Borzoi, obviously, but close.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2021 12:15 PM (OTzUX)

Bozhe Moi Ballet.

The perform at the Yob (something or other) Mat Hall near the Kremlin

Posted by: Kindltot at December 18, 2021 12:23 PM (ZMraq)

149 I use a NeilMed sinus rinse bottle daily. Don't have to twist around for gravity to do the work like with a Neti pot. I also had a ENT doc say that sometimes rinsing can end up pushing infection deeper into the sinuses.

So I do not rinse aggressively, I basically just remove the dust and pollen from my nose and don't try to flush out the deep sinus cavity. However if you have an infection you might want to try to flush more, but being careful not to force past a blockage.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 18, 2021 12:23 PM (3cGpq)

150 A xer identifying as Josephine was in due to having xis period.. can't make this shit up

******

Non compos menses

Posted by: Muldoon at December 18, 2021 12:24 PM (m45I2)

151 My little community must be doing something nright...this morning I saw three big manly trucks (one driven by a woman) crusing the road with huge "Fu*k Biden", "Let's Go Brandon", and "Defund Biden" flags.
Lots of horn honking too.

To some, that is the equivalent of a Klan rally. Hopefully those who interpret these truly patriotic events as such will be terrified and put their homes up for sale, thus advancing the Great National Divorce.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 12:24 PM (+LCoQ)

152 No one makes an out of court settlement with an individual for 275 million. If the 275 million is an accurate number maybe it's an annuity payout amount .

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:20 PM

The defamation suit was for $275m. I suspect the settlement was probably in the $70-80m range. Maybe one of the Horde legal types can weigh in with an estimate.

Posted by: Bert G at December 18, 2021 12:24 PM (AvN9S)

153 The only way we are going to get our freedom of speech back is to push hard. JK Rowling has the luxury of being a FUMP (FU Money Person) and threatening her livelihood gets nothing from her other than laughter.

We need to go into this with the same attitude.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 18, 2021 12:24 PM (IkL4/)

154 Maybe try a 50/50 blend of low and higher octane to save money.

Might be worth trying. Thanks.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 12:24 PM (Xrfse)

155
What is "Best of Opposite Sex" at AKC? Girl dogs?

There are several awards the judge hands out when he's made his choices:

- Best of Breed: the best dog (or bitch), which can be a champion or a non-champion ("from the classes")
- Best of Winners: the best non-champion dog (or bitch)
- Best of Opposite Sex: the best dog (or bitch) of the opposite sex to the one to which he gave Best of Breed

Only the Best of Breed winner goes on to the Variety Group competition.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2021 12:25 PM (/U27+)

156 Carol of the Belts

https://youtu.be/BDiXPx2OqPI

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw at December 18, 2021 12:25 PM (lR7Oz)

157 Saw a FUCK JOE BIDEN flag proudly affixed to somebody's house on a main thoroughfare. There was a time when I would have thought that a bit crass to display in public -- comity and all that -- but Fuck That. War.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 18, 2021 12:23 PM (Dc2NZ)

This. It is war.
In their face, every day, every where.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2021 12:25 PM (axyOa)

158 Posted by: Bert G at December 18, 2021 12:24 PM (AvN9S)

Agree . Actually think it's in the 25 to 35 million range.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:25 PM (U9Qbt)

159 ****When doing a sinus rinse, be sure to use warm water. If it's cold it will burn and make you feel waterboarded. If it's too hot, it will also burn...

Posted by: lin-duh at December 18, 2021 12:27 PM (UUBmN)

160
How many genders do they recognize in dog shows anyway?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2021 12:19 PM (VxC1e)

Two and only two. And all the parts have to be in working order.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2021 12:27 PM (/U27+)

161 That may well be my first pun in Latin...

Posted by: Muldoon at December 18, 2021 12:27 PM (m45I2)

162 JackStraw as trying to keep up on Jan6 seen Ray Epps name come up in past. I have no doubt he had cohorts.

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 12:27 PM (2JoB8)

163 Brandon just moved the corporate compliance date back to Feb 9th after the appeals court decision. Because it's an emergency.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 12:28 PM (ZLI7S)

164 I use a NeilMed sinus rinse bottle daily. Don't have to twist around for gravity to do the work like with a Neti pot.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 18, 2021 12:23 PM

I got a Navage several months ago and I love that thing. The downside to it is the proprietary saline pods.

Posted by: Bert G at December 18, 2021 12:28 PM (AvN9S)

165 148 Borzov, I think that's it. Valeriy Borzov. Not Borzoi, obviously, but close.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2021 12:15 PM (OTzUX)

Bozhe Moi Ballet.

The perform at the Yob (something or other) Mat Hall near the Kremlin

Posted by: Kindltot at December 18, 2021 12:23 PM (ZMraq)

Bolshoi Ballet. Literal translation is Big Ballet. But meaning The Best Ballet Company to Russians, I guess.

Posted by: Gref at December 18, 2021 12:28 PM (AMIL/)

166 My guess is that Sandmann's settlement with NBC is a couple million. Damaged reputation of a teenager is not going to fetch hundreds of millions.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 18, 2021 12:29 PM (G/mW5)

167
But I do have a question for you. Does God run on his timetable, or is He just hanging out waiting for man to manipulate His return through their Free Will actions?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 12:18 PM (+LCoQ)

Do not wait on Jesus to return, do not hide away what you have received to await for his return in fear that you will lose it. It is going to be a wait because the timing is on his terms, and you probably should do something to while away the time, and you have a starting investment.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 18, 2021 12:29 PM (ZMraq)

168 No one makes an out of court settlement with an individual for 275 million. If the 275 million is an accurate number maybe it's an annuity payout amount .
Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:20 PM (U9Qbt)

Either way, he's going to be cruising about town in a brand new Range Rover.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 18, 2021 12:29 PM (Fs5vw)

169 Agree . Actually think it's in the 25 to 35 million range.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:25 PM

Either way, Sandmann will be able to pay off his college loans in only 25 years.

Posted by: Bert G at December 18, 2021 12:29 PM (AvN9S)

170 Neighbor 5 houses away has a 5X8 Fuck Joe Biden flag. Across the bottom it says: "and fuck you for voting for him". Makes me feel good every time I pass.

Posted by: Mister Softee at December 18, 2021 12:29 PM (JPtHE)

171 >>JackStraw as trying to keep up on Jan6 seen Ray Epps name come up in past. I have no doubt he had cohorts.

When you have the time you should read that article. The amount of planning that went into breaching the Capitol on Jan 6th was pretty extensive and well thought out. And again, the feds know who these guys are and they haven't arrested any of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 12:30 PM (ZLI7S)

172 Maybe the men will have to increase drag by swimming with a full beard or a weight sstrapped to their penis when they enter a womens' event.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 18, 2021 11:51 AM (m45I2)

The 50 meter sprint might be doable, but DAMN! That 1600 is gonna be a killer!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2021 12:30 PM (axyOa)

173 I don't rinse but I use a non steroidal nasal antihistamine spray Azelastine every day. I haven't had a headache since it was prescribed 10 years ago. Never realized the headaches were caused by allergies. My eyesight also got better. ( better tearing I guess)

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:30 PM (U9Qbt)

174 That may well be my first pun in Latin...

bene factum?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 12:30 PM (Xrfse)

175 In case things aren't bad enough there's a Jimmy Kimmel Bowl tonight.
Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 18, 2021 12:20 PM (y7DUB)

Do you get free tea with that, or is it just chopsticks and a napkin, and you have to pay for any drink, and they charge a quarter for the cup if you just want water?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 18, 2021 12:31 PM (ZMraq)

176 Bert G. You can figure out the salt ratio and make your own if you want. Usually the NeilMed comes with some packets and they are nice, perfect ratio for no salt sting. But I'm too cheap and lazy to buy the packets so I just use 1/2 tsp of salt for the 500 ml bottle after the packets are gone, sometimes I will add a tiny pinch of baking soda but usually I don't bother.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 18, 2021 12:31 PM (3cGpq)

177 The 50 meter sprint might be doable, but DAMN! That 1600 is gonna be a killer!
Posted by: Diogenes

*****

"Anchors Ay Ay!!!!"

Posted by: Muldoon at December 18, 2021 12:31 PM (m45I2)

178 170 Neighbor 5 houses away has a 5X8 Fuck Joe Biden flag. Across the bottom it says: "and fuck you for voting for him". Makes me feel good every time I pass.

Posted by: Mister Softee at December 18, 2021 12:29 PM (JPtHE)

Your neighbor might be a Horde Member! Two or three of those flags were door prizes at the Texas MoMe in October.

Posted by: Gref at December 18, 2021 12:32 PM (AMIL/)

179 Ooh, I much prefer the carol of the balls for the holidays. Yessss I do.

Posted by: Don LeMon at December 18, 2021 12:32 PM (DxQbJ)

180 "Innocents Abroad"...the story of January 6, 2021.

Posted by: creeper at December 18, 2021 12:32 PM (cTCuP)

181
Looks like my Saturday is going to be spent sitting in their waiting room.

Whatever.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 18, 2021 11:34 AM (h11Gd)

Nurse, buy a code reader tool. They come on sale at HF for $29 every so often, or buy one on line. If your car complies with the OBDII standard, and most made since 1996 do, the tool can connect, and read any stored codes. It will display any stored codes, like "P0213, downstream O2 sensor out of range". Write them down, and then use a Web search of the code number + your car model and year, to get more detailed information. You will likely get a laundry list of possible causes for the code.

The code reader also allows you to erase stored codes, which will put out the "check engine" lamp until the condition which caused it recurs. If the code is caused by a serious fault that needs correction right away, the lamp will re-light within a few minutes of driving. If it was due to a transitory condition or a lazy sensor, it might take days or weeks. The whole process takes no more effort than taking a BP reading.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 18, 2021 12:33 PM (P3gRi)

182 That may well be my first pun in Latin...

bene factum?
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 12:30 PM (Xrfse)

Latin isn't a dead language. It keeps roman around.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2021 12:33 PM (axyOa)

183 Rowling posted something along the lines of "the person with a penis who raped you is a man" since the Brits are apparently sending male rapists to female prisons.

The responses fell into two groups;

1) Why aren't you concerned about the victim instead of the supposed attacker? (talk about whataboutism)

2) This is hate speech against trannies.

The first one is just dumb and a classic bad faith argument. The last one though...the only way to take it is that trannies have a right to rape women if they want.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2021 12:33 PM (ESjRY)

184 Well maybe you can't get around the pods with a Navage, I don't know how they work.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 18, 2021 12:34 PM (3cGpq)

185 Bert G. You can figure out the salt ratio and make your own if you want.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 18, 2021 12:31 PM

I don't know that these would be easily homemade without the use of a 3D printer. They're literally pods that are inserted into the machine. There's a trigger mechanism on the machine that won't allow pods to be re-used.

Posted by: Bert G at December 18, 2021 12:34 PM (AvN9S)

186 Women, collectively, voted for and supported this tranny shit, but as always, those that didn't are being harmed just like those who did.

Glenn Reynolds argument that conservatives should buy the fashion mags and start "the View" type shows is likely the only way to reach the female LIVs that support this shit.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2021 12:35 PM (ESjRY)

187 I enjoyed that post. Thanks K.T.

Posted by: Dion at December 18, 2021 12:35 PM (oNspP)

188 My guess is that Sandmann's settlement with NBC is a couple million. Damaged reputation of a teenager is not going to fetch hundreds of millions.
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 18, 2021 12:29 PM (G/mW5)

A potential jury verdict is 9 figures. That normally will get you a low 8 figure settlement.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:36 PM (U9Qbt)

189 I drove my old truck for seventeen years with the check engine light on. Sold it to a friend years ago and the light is still on.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 18, 2021 12:37 PM (eoxxP)

190 What a beautiful version of Carol of the Bells.

Posted by: LASue at December 18, 2021 12:37 PM (Ed8Zd)

191 Do not wait on Jesus to return,

Wasn't it Martin Luther who said that if he knew the LORD would return tomorrow, he would still plant a tree today.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 12:38 PM (+LCoQ)

192
There was a case of " brain eating amoeba" contracted from a neti pot. Probably a good idea to use boiled water.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 18, 2021 12:38 PM (JWPHz)

193 Posted by: nurse ratched at December 18, 2021 11:34 AM (h11Gd)

Nurse, buy a code reader tool.

Our local O Reilly's and AutoZone let you use their code reader for free

Posted by: It's me donna at December 18, 2021 12:38 PM (TdaKq)

194 There was a case of " brain eating amoeba" contracted from a neti pot. Probably a good idea to use boiled water.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 18, 2021 12:38 PM (JWPHz)

Always use distilled water.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:39 PM (U9Qbt)

195 Seems to me that just as the left's continual use of "Racism" to brand their enemies while in actuality they themselves are more inclined to be racists, the continued forced admittance of men masquerading as women is a form of misogyny more so than any exhibited by conservatives.

In fact it can be shown that the demand that men be recognized as women has led to women being endangered and being abused much more than any actions of conservatives.

And yet it goes on with no one acknowledging this. The media must be either put out of business as currently performed or be shamed for what they actually do to the groups that they supposedly are defending.

They must lose their credibility as much as possible with politicians and other bureaucrats. These people must learn that the media is not their friend and listening to them and following their pronouncements always leads to trouble for them. We are getting their by protesting and denying those who side with the media their power.

Posted by: jakee308 at December 18, 2021 12:40 PM (vhpiW)

196 Back in the day, only the singers with talent would be allowed to sing during the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass.

Nowadays, anybody is allowed to contribute their off-key offering.

Yeah. Congregationalism.

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 18, 2021 12:40 PM (rDgjh)

197 Your neighbor might be a Horde Member! Two or three of those flags were door prizes at the Texas MoMe in October.

Find out by attaching a "AoSHQ Style Guide Approved" card to it.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 12:41 PM (+LCoQ)

198 163 Brandon just moved the corporate compliance date back to Feb 9th after the appeals court decision. Because it's an emergency.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 12:28 PM (ZLI7S)

The junta is reading the tea leaves. They've painted themselves into a corner. I think their entire agenda depends on continuing the COVID hoax and instituting subsequent "papers, please" laws. They can't give it up but Americans aren't buying it any more.

Posted by: creeper at December 18, 2021 12:41 PM (cTCuP)

199 Worse yet, it is but ends up being discarded each time as unimportant.

Even more likely: It is very important to predators and kiddy molesters and they want more access to your daughter.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 12:41 PM (KZzsI)

200 188 My guess is that Sandmann's settlement with NBC is a couple million. Damaged reputation of a teenager is not going to fetch hundreds of millions.
Posted by: Bigsmith at December 18, 2021 12:29 PM (G/mW5)

A potential jury verdict is 9 figures. That normally will get you a low 8 figure settlement.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 12:36 PM (U9Qbt)
189 I drove my old truck for seventeen years with the check engine light on.

After Lin Wood and the IRS take their cuts from all the settlements, Sandmann will not be as rich as we think he is. I will trade my assets for his, though!

Posted by: Gref at December 18, 2021 12:41 PM (AMIL/)

201 JackStraw yeah working my way through w/ videos

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 12:42 PM (2JoB8)

202 Heard a Whitney Houston Christmas song yesterday, and it reminded me of some woman doing stand-up burbling on about "Saint Whitney who died foah ouh sins!"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 18, 2021 12:42 PM (ZMraq)

203 Hey! Bill Clinton once told his favorite movie is "Free Willy". No joke. I am not kidding. My word as a Biteum.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at December 18, 2021 12:42 PM (Tnijr)

204 ore than 1 in 4 vaccinated adults have stopped associating with a loved one because they are unvaccinated.

I actually know of a case that's the flip side of that: an unvaxxed pyrsyn won't associate with a jabbee. (no, it's not me)

although at first I wore a mask at work to protect me from all the jabbees.

Posted by: kallistx at December 18, 2021 12:42 PM (DJFLF)

205 In fact it can be shown that the demand that men be recognized as women has led to women being endangered and being abused much more than any actions of conservatives.

Could you name any specific "conservative" policy or ethic that is an endangerment to women?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 12:42 PM (+LCoQ)

206 The Sixth Circuit ruling is over the OSHA regulations instituting work practices for employers of 100 or more.

Posted by: whig at December 18, 2021 12:04 PM (9hXN1)

Peak season is winding down for UPS, USPS, FedEx and the travel industry. This was bound to happen.
Posted by: Fool Otto at December 18, 2021 12:14 PM

split decision, right? Making one individual judge responsible for a huge swath of the economy . How fast can the Supremes take this up?

Posted by: LASue at December 18, 2021 12:43 PM (Ed8Zd)

207 In a private revelation, I learned that the Lord isn't coming back while baptisms are being performed.

He wants every soul to be saved.

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 18, 2021 12:43 PM (rDgjh)

208 Nowadays, anybody is allowed to contribute their off-key offering.

I'm kind of divided on that.

On the one hand, the Old Testament priests were the ones doing the singing most of the time.

On the other hand, the New Testament has like five places in which the saints and church of God are exhorted to sing songs and hymns and there's no "but only the experts" clause added to it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 12:43 PM (KZzsI)

209 Could you name any specific "conservative" policy or ethic that is an endangerment to women?

"AbOrTIoN RiGhTS!!!!!!11!"
--Slobbering lunatic leftist

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 12:44 PM (KZzsI)

210 split decision, right? Making one individual judge responsible for a huge swath of the economy . How fast can the Supremes take this up?
Posted by: LASue at December 18, 2021 12:43 PM (Ed8Zd)

I don't trust them... I'd rather the 6th circuit go with an En Banc ruling

Posted by: It's me donna at December 18, 2021 12:44 PM (TdaKq)

211 >>The junta is reading the tea leaves. They've painted themselves into a corner. I think their entire agenda depends on continuing the COVID hoax and instituting subsequent "papers, please" laws. They can't give it up but Americans aren't buying it any more.

I agree with you. I've long believed that we are living through an extended color revolution being run against conservatives and it requires that the public be kept in a constant state of fear and turmoil.

It started the moment Trump beat Hillary and it has stopped yet.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 12:44 PM (ZLI7S)

212
Back in the day, only the singers with talent would be allowed to sing during the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass.

Low Mass: no music at all.

High Mass: sung by the priest and a schola. Not the congregation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2021 12:44 PM (/U27+)

213 189 I drove my old truck for seventeen years with the check engine light on. Sold it to a friend years ago and the light is still on.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 18, 2021 12:37 PM (eoxxP)

That's a damned good light!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2021 12:45 PM (axyOa)

214 Biden says you can't get COVID if you get the jab. Pfizer says it gives you 95% protection.

Real world data says you are slightly more likely to get COVID if you've had the jab.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2021 12:45 PM (ESjRY)

215 193 Posted by: nurse ratched at December 18, 2021 11:34 AM (h11Gd)

Nurse, buy a code reader tool.

Our local O Reilly's and AutoZone let you use their code reader for free

Posted by: It's me donna at December 18, 2021 12:38 PM (TdaKq)

At AutoZone an employee does the task of connecting the reader to the connector under the dashboard and operating it. It is totally no-muss, no-fuss for the vehicle owner. I expect it's the same at O'Reilly and other auto parts chain stores.

Posted by: Gref at December 18, 2021 12:45 PM (AMIL/)

216 Biden says you can't get COVID if you get the jab. Pfizer says it gives you 95% protection.

Real world data says you are slightly more likely to get COVID if you've had the jab.

Close enough for government work.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 12:45 PM (+LCoQ)

217 Back in the evil patriarchal 50s women reported being happier. Interesting that isn't it?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2021 12:46 PM (ESjRY)

218 "The continued obliteration of sex-specific spaces begs the question of whether the safety of girls is being considered. Quite possibly no."

How is this even in question? Multiple recent rapes covered up by schools to protect the victim-group-of-the-week.

Tens of thousands of rapes, abductions, even murders of girls covered up in places like the UK. Frequent arrests of the victims and their families to cover for the foreign rapists. Police and officials looking the other way after being allowed to rape minors as a bribe.

People fined, charged, or jailed for the crime of reporting accurately who is raping whom in the EU. Thousands of rapists let off without punishment.

And it goes on and on. Everywhere you go all the way back to 1917, the left is surrounded by the rape of women.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at December 18, 2021 12:46 PM (qFRAe)

219 Now Barak tells me he likes "Back Side Story". I am not kidding. It's one of his favorites. I suppose he identifies with those Chicago kids. No joke.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at December 18, 2021 12:46 PM (Tnijr)

220 I'd be real careful with "making your own salt mixture" for nasal irrigation. IIRC there's a particular type of salt used and for my bottle it's very, very fine and dissolves quickly.

I mean, it's almost powder it's so fine.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2021 12:46 PM (BFigT)

221 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 18, 2021 12:23 PM (Dc2NZ)

some guy up the street had a Let's Go Brandon! shirt draped over his cardboard Christmas snowman.

Posted by: kallistx at December 18, 2021 12:46 PM (DJFLF)

222 She doesn't seem quite ready to accept some realities.

_____________

Base on that excerpt, she's definitely got a ways to go.

__________

The strange thing is that that paragraph was so out of step with the evidence she presented in the article. My guess is that she has some gay friends she doesn't want to offend.

Posted by: McLurkerson at December 18, 2021 12:47 PM (wNDOJ)

223 Back in the evil patriarchal 50s women reported being happier. Interesting that isn't it?

"They only said that because men forced them to!!!!"
--College Student

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 12:47 PM (KZzsI)

224 "193 Posted by: nurse ratched at December 18, 2021 11:34 AM (h11Gd)

Nurse, buy a code reader tool.

Our local O Reilly's and AutoZone let you use their code reader for free
Posted by: It's me donna at December 18, 2021 12:38 PM (TdaKq)"

Get one of the basic Autel models for $20-30 or so. They work. The ones that cost a few bucks more have an internal database telling you what the code is so you don't have to look it up (handy if you lack cell coverage and don't have a service manual.

Every adult who owns and drives a vehicle should have a scan tool that lives in their vehicle 24/7. You're asking to get stranded or ripped off by a shop otherwise.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at December 18, 2021 12:47 PM (qFRAe)

225 Thanks, all, for explaining the mandate law. I recall now the original SCOTUS decision remanded it back to the Sixth.

They didn't waste much time. Wonder how long Roberts will sit on his dirty hands.

Posted by: creeper at December 18, 2021 12:48 PM (cTCuP)

226 Way back when: Conservatives don't take rape seriously! They won't do anything to stop it since they claim women are to blame.

A little while back: You can blame refugees for rape - those women around them should no better and avoid them since their culture is different from ours.

Now: A little tranny rape in the girls room is no big deal. I mean if a cis woman goes in a woman's bathroom what does she expect?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2021 12:48 PM (ESjRY)

227 216 Biden says you can't get COVID if you get the jab. Pfizer says it gives you 95% protection.

Real world data says you are slightly more likely to get COVID if you've had the jab.

Close enough for government work.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 12:45 PM (+LCoQ)

Name something Biden has NOT lied about in the past two years. I'll give you until next Saturday.

Posted by: Gref at December 18, 2021 12:48 PM (AMIL/)

228
"That's a damned good light!
Posted by: Diogenes"

And Diogenes knows lights. Am I right? Hey! What smells funny? Jill!!

Posted by: Joe Biteum at December 18, 2021 12:48 PM (Tnijr)

229 I've used neti pots before - I used filtered tap water and salt (but without iodine).

The only bad result is sometimes water would get stuck in my sinuses (which would give a bad headache)

Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2021 12:49 PM (ESjRY)

230 The one problem that's now cropping up is the transgenders taking over "women's" sports.

I've just seen someone (above) make the claim of how hard some girl had worked in her sport of swimming and excelling.

Trouble is her efforts and records are qualified by being done against other women. To me that's okay but it's not defining the record for the sport. It's a subset created by outright segregation of a certain level of sports called Women's sports. And they are a bit different. Sometimes different rules, others different dimensions or time. They are based on less than the level that men can usually perform at. Thus they are not really record breaking. They all have asterisks and explanations and caveats.

And I personally don't care. It's unfortunate that some will be denied a scholarship because of the new competition. But they can change that if they wish to actually admit that they are discriminating specifically against men and that they cannot compete with men. Something that women for whatever reason have a hard time doing.

Posted by: jakee308 at December 18, 2021 12:50 PM (vhpiW)

231 Do not wait on Jesus to return,

the men and women who walked with Him were convinced they would see His return in their lifetime...

Posted by: kallistx at December 18, 2021 12:50 PM (DJFLF)

232 210 split decision, right? Making one individual judge responsible for a huge swath of the economy . How fast can the Supremes take this up?
Posted by: LASue at December 18, 2021 12:43 PM (Ed8Zd)

I don't trust them... I'd rather the 6th circuit go with an En Banc ruling
Posted by: It's me donna at December 18, 2021 12:44 PM (TdaKq)

With the way the Supremes have passed on every vaccine case so far, I wouldn't trust them either. I'm not sure if Barrett would use the ruling to get rid of "My body, my choice", thereby also allowing a full prohibition on abortions nationwide...

It might be one time you'd want Thomas or Alito to find a slim finding, like OSHA can't be the ones ruling it, but this type of mandate could exist if voted on, to see if they could swing 5 votes...

Posted by: Nova local at December 18, 2021 12:52 PM (exHjb)

233
Back in the evil patriarchal 50s women reported being happier. Interesting that isn't it?

Modern society does everything it can to condemn and suppress the natural desires of women. Why wouldn't they be unhappy?

The most shocking thing a young woman can say nowadays is, "I want to get married, have a bunch of kids, stay at home to raise them right and take care of my husband and family."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2021 12:52 PM (/U27+)

234 I think that the way the new vaccine is formulated causes it to actually promote mutation and the transmission of a virus similar to what they supposedly are protecting against.

This is why the mutations are mostly seen in those that have been vaxxed. I haven't seen any other explanation that makes sense. And it's also after being vaxxed reaches a certain level of numbers that these new viruses show up. In all places the level of vaxxed is very high.

Posted by: jakee308 at December 18, 2021 12:52 PM (vhpiW)

235 And thanks for the Libera song, I really like their stuff. I know some people can't stand boy choirs but I love the pure light voices. I guess the director who got that sound and wrote the arrangements died

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 12:53 PM (KZzsI)

236 Weird. Just renewed the page and got an Access Denied page. Never seen that before.
Is the HQ under attack?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2021 12:54 PM (bjeFf)

237 the men and women who walked with Him were convinced they would see His return in their lifetime...

He pretty much did, in judgment on Israel. It wasn't ever a nation again until the 20th century

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 12:54 PM (KZzsI)

238 the men and women who walked with Him were convinced they would see His return in their lifetime...

They were mistaken.

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 18, 2021 12:54 PM (rDgjh)

239 >>split decision, right? Making one individual judge responsible for a huge swath of the economy . How fast can the Supremes take this up?

Texas AG Paxton has already said he is going to appeal this to the SC next week.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 12:55 PM (ZLI7S)

240 Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 12:11 PM

Revolver's coverage of the January 6 events is why they're on my daily bookmark list. There is no better coverage. It's like Gateway Pundit, but with actual content. Heh.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist., Rickrolled by Jesus at December 18, 2021 12:55 PM (OssQ4)

241 Biden says you can't get COVID if you get the jab. Pfizer says it gives you 95% protection.

They're both lying and at least one of the knows it.

Epoch Times appears accessible today

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 12:56 PM (KZzsI)

242 Is the HQ under attack?
Posted by: Diogenes

:shifty eyes:

Posted by: The man in the back at December 18, 2021 12:56 PM (OssQ4)

243 Tens of thousands of rapes, abductions, even murders of girls covered up in places like the UK.
somedood - skull mountain sherpa
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Places like the US have more than tens of thousands if you look at the stats for interracial rape. Murder stats are also problematic for the political class. Remember Kate Steinle.
Try starting a conversation with a government official about that topic.
White people blamed for the "epidemic" of anti-Asian attacks in the last few years. Don't forget the media only reports on these crimes when they grow too large in number to bury so this has been going on for decades.

Posted by: Jerome at December 18, 2021 12:57 PM (gycqj)

244 Scoffers in the Last Days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE8_FSFSra8

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at December 18, 2021 12:58 PM (cBwqm)

245 >>Revolver's coverage of the January 6 events is why they're on my daily bookmark list. There is no better coverage. It's like Gateway Pundit, but with actual content. Heh.

That particular piece is extremely well documented. There isn't a square inch of the Capitol that isn't under surveillance cameras. If a bunch of citizens with cell phone cameras have the videos then the feds have them and they aren't doing squat against the people who were clearly organizing the chaos while keeping a bunch of people who are guilty of nothing more than trespassing in solitary for a year.

I know a lot of people think this is all a conspiracy theory but this is pretty obvious.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 01:00 PM (ZLI7S)

246 Why do we never the perverts try to compete in sports that women are natural better at?
Big hairy guy trying the uneven parallel bars or partners figure skating as the lady?

Posted by: Phuk Ho Le at December 18, 2021 01:00 PM (zFG+i)

247 2 Peter 3:3-4

Knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, "Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation."

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at December 18, 2021 01:00 PM (cBwqm)

248 from transgender grooming to to pronouns, to completely dropping testing standards, NOW IS THE TIME TO START THE REAL AND FINAL PUSH FOR SCHOOL VOUCHERS

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 18, 2021 01:01 PM (h1jJh)

249 It might be one time you'd want Thomas or Alito to find a slim finding, like OSHA can't be the ones ruling it, but this type of mandate could exist if voted on, to see if they could swing 5 votes...
Posted by: Nova local at December 18, 2021 12:52 PM (exHjb)

The fifth circuit had about 20 reasons why the mandate failed- any one of those should work.

Posted by: LASue at December 18, 2021 01:01 PM (Ed8Zd)

250 Revolver's coverage of the January 6 events is why they're on my daily bookmark list. There is no better coverage. It's like Gateway Pundit, but with actual content. Heh.

That particular piece is extremely well documented. There isn't a square inch of the Capitol that isn't under surveillance cameras. If a bunch of citizens with cell phone cameras have the videos then the feds have them and they aren't doing squat against the people who were clearly organizing the chaos while keeping a bunch of people who are guilty of nothing more than trespassing in solitary for a year.

I know a lot of people think this is all a conspiracy theory but this is pretty obvious.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 01:00 PM (ZLI7S)

Have you seen Nick Searcy's movie about 1/6? Im not even sure its out yet but the trailer looked great.

Posted by: LASue at December 18, 2021 01:02 PM (Ed8Zd)

251 The more you see the more pieces fall into place it was a orchestrated plan, yet none of the operatives are the ones being looked for by the Feds or Jan6 farce

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 01:03 PM (2JoB8)

252 Why do we never the perverts try to compete in sports that women are natural better at?

Yeah funny how you don't see them doing girly sports, almost as if they know better.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 01:03 PM (KZzsI)

253 Why do we never the perverts try to compete in sports that women are natural better at?

Yeah funny how you don't see them doing girly sports, almost as if they know better.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 01:03 PM (KZzsI)

Have we ever two dudes in pairs figure skating?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 18, 2021 01:05 PM (eGTCV)

254 Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 12:42 PM (+LCoQ)

I can't because I don't think like a leftist. I know the left tries to make that claim. I can't think of any myself that I would think were causing abuse or endangerment.

Look up what leftists have said. I'm pretty sure they've made that claim a time or two. And it's false in my view.

Posted by: jakee308 at December 18, 2021 01:05 PM (vhpiW)

255 I think the settlement was for lin woods cut down legal fees and nothing for Sandman at all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2021 01:05 PM (q3gwH)

256 On the other hand, the New Testament has like five places in which the saints and church of God are exhorted to sing songs and hymns and there's no "but only the experts" clause added to it.

I do want to point out though that there is a grave error in the Holiday hymn "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing".

The Greek word legonton in Luke 2:13 is "say" not "sing"

Luke 2:13-14 "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!" - ESV

The angels don't sing. Make sure that you acknowledge this and don't commit heresy when singing this song.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:07 PM (+LCoQ)

257 >>Have you seen Nick Searcy's movie about 1/6? Im not even sure its out yet but the trailer looked great.

No, but I want to. This whole insurrection crap is so over the top that it's obvious something much bigger is at play. We are not allowed to question the integrity of the 2020 election or we will be branded traitors.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 01:07 PM (ZLI7S)

258 Why do we never the perverts try to compete in sports that women are natural better at?

Yeah funny how you don't see them doing girly sports, almost as if they know better.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 01:03 PM (KZzsI)

Reminded me of the mustached gymnast comedian doing women's gymnastics in his leotard and ribbons in his hair.

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 01:07 PM (U9Qbt)

259 "Places like the US have more than tens of thousands if you look at the stats for interracial rape. Murder stats are also problematic for the political class. Remember Kate Steinle.
Try starting a conversation with a government official about that topic.
White people blamed for the "epidemic" of anti-Asian attacks in the last few years. Don't forget the media only reports on these crimes when they grow too large in number to bury so this has been going on for decades.
Posted by: Jerome at December 18, 2021 12:57 PM (gycqj)"

The attacks on asians are a good example of a coverup; the interracial rapes and murders, no quite so much. They're not a secret; it's simply that the left doesn't give a shit about them other than to scream "racism" about anyone that reports it.

You might argue there are other large scale scandals on suppressing racial crime stats - the studies showing the effects of dispersing housing projects out into Section 8 and the widespread blue city practice of entering hispanic illegals into the UCR as "white". But the key difference is that there isn't some huge group being hoodwinked; people know whats up, and they're either for or against the violence.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at December 18, 2021 01:09 PM (qFRAe)

260 Have we ever two dudes in pairs figure skating?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 18, 2021 01:05 PM (eGTCV)

Blades of Glory

Posted by: Just a side note at December 18, 2021 01:09 PM (U9Qbt)

261 Damn, here I am home in Delaware and it happens again. Damn leakers. You would think Depends would have pride in workmanship. Well, at least it didn't make it down to the socks. I hate changing socks. Secret Service guys are getting the garden hose, gotta go.

Posted by: Retardo at December 18, 2021 01:09 PM (lz5hY)

262 Name something Biden has NOT lied about in the past two years.

Ice cream?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 01:11 PM (Xrfse)

263 Name something Biden has NOT lied about in the past two years.

Ice cream?
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 01:11 PM (Xrfse)

His hatred for the American people?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 18, 2021 01:12 PM (eGTCV)

264 The angels don't sing. Make sure that you acknowledge this and don't commit heresy when singing this song.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:07 PM (+LCoQ

Is that you, Pastor M?

Posted by: Emmie at December 18, 2021 01:12 PM (6RgRK)

265 All is lost. Son and his wife and two little girls visiting us here in Southwest Florida. We go into the Publix market, they all masked up all our double V�xt boosted to the max. And it will never end.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 18, 2021 01:13 PM (R6lf3)

266 https://tinyurl.com/2u7nb7mc

Police lock me Up

Posted by: JT at December 18, 2021 01:13 PM (arJlL)

267 64 The angels don't sing. Make sure that you acknowledge this and don't commit heresy when singing this song.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:07 PM (+LCoQ

But "say" or "said" doesn't rhyme with "King."

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 18, 2021 01:14 PM (h11Gd)

268 Is that you, Pastor M?

No one would want me anywhere where near a pulpit.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:14 PM (+LCoQ)

269 Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:07 PM (+LCoQ)

Yeah the angels in my universe sing.

Posted by: kallistx at December 18, 2021 01:14 PM (DJFLF)

270 Speaking and singing are not distinct enough to get upset over or declare heresy.

What bothers me more is "no crying he made" line in Away in a Manger. Baby Jesus was fully human and crying is not a sin.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 01:15 PM (KZzsI)

271 fine, you find a rhyme for "Say"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 18, 2021 01:16 PM (ZMraq)

272 But "say" or "said" doesn't rhyme with "King."

Hark the herald angels say
Glory to the hey hey hey

Posted by: Its Fat Albert at December 18, 2021 01:19 PM (ESjRY)

273 This whole insurrection crap is so over the top that it's obvious something much bigger is at play.

And it is most likely the bellwether event of our lifetimes as Americans. I've not been able to grok the seeming indifference to its significance.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 01:19 PM (Xrfse)

274 Angels absolutely do sing

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 01:21 PM (2JoB8)

275 The hysterical freaking out over January 6th is insanely far out of proportion to the actual events, and suggests something else is going on than what is claimed.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 01:23 PM (KZzsI)

276 And it is most likely the bellwether event of our lifetimes as Americans. I've not been able to grok the seeming indifference to its significance.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 01:19 PM (Xrfse)

If you watch Ceausescu's last speech he is both talking about the threat from the West and that he is going to double old age pensions.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 18, 2021 01:23 PM (ZMraq)

277 The bells! THE BELLS!

Make it stop!

Posted by: Nino Greasemanelli at December 18, 2021 12:16 PM (2iDSr)

****

Old school DC! Makes me want to sing the Tunafish song.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 18, 2021 01:23 PM (flINI)

278 Do not wait on Jesus to return, do not hide away what you have received to await for his return in fear that you will lose it. It is going to be a wait because the timing is on his terms, and you probably should do something to while away the time, and you have a starting investment.

Posted by: Kindltot
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Yes

Posted by: Braenyard, pumpkin pie breakfast at December 18, 2021 01:24 PM (9rYNN)

279 Hark the herald angels hum
Get that kid, and take his drum

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2021 01:24 PM (VxC1e)

280 >>And it is most likely the bellwether event of our lifetimes as Americans. I've not been able to grok the seeming indifference to its significance.

Me neither. But then I don't understand the indifference to the obviously planned events that began the day after Trump won in 2016 and continue to this day.

For decades our government led by the very corrupt intel community have been running regime changes around the world in conjunction with NGOs and friendly media. They tried to do it to Trump with the Russia collusion crap and when that didn't work they just kept going with one scam after another including the fake election in 2020.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 01:25 PM (ZLI7S)

281 The 1/6 reaction was when it became irrefutably clear that the government and media elite are now entirely disconnected from reality. The final "they live in a bubble but still sort of inhabit our world sometimes" fig leaf dropped.

Posted by: CppThis at December 18, 2021 01:25 PM (UewuT)

282 Eh, back when I went to church I lifted a joyful voice. I just tried to keep it lower volume since I can't carry a tune in a bucket. But with not being full volume and I can follow a group being on key better than solo I don't think I ruined anyone else's church experience.

If they were lifting their own joyful voice, they shouldn't have been too aware of any imperfect voices around them.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 18, 2021 01:26 PM (3cGpq)

283 Russian collusion was a total fabrication and everyone except the most obtuse know it.

Same with Jan 6th.

Posted by: Phuk Ho Le at December 18, 2021 01:27 PM (rqji3)

284 The Karens think 1/6 was something. Dems are acting for the Karens. Along with the MSM.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 18, 2021 01:27 PM (zsgTF)

285 I agree that we shouldn't sit on our hands and just wait for Jesus to come take us away. Definitely we should be active and busy and contributing to the world. When Martin Luther was asked what he'd do if he knew Jesus was returning tomorrow, he said "plant a tree".

Luther was often a bit bombastic and kind of a troll at times, but his point was this: while we are on this earth, we are called to work for the good of our neighbors, to produce, to be constructive, to do good and work. That doesn't stop because Jesus is coming.

At the same time, we should always longingly anticipate Christ's return, like a bride-to-be waiting for her wedding day,as the Bible states it. Its the best possible moment in our lives should He return while we live.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 01:30 PM (KZzsI)

286 274 Angels absolutely do sing
Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 01:21 PM (2JoB

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQzoCiJRMR0

Posted by: Braenyard, pumpkin pie breakfast at December 18, 2021 01:30 PM (9rYNN)

287
Hark the herald angels yell,
"Damn you, Satan, go to hell!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2021 01:30 PM (BnGwu)

288 Angels absolutely do sing
Posted by: Skip
___

Why Angels Do Not Sing - J. Vernon McGee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hURZd9qMJE4

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at December 18, 2021 01:30 PM (cBwqm)

289 Events like 1/6 happen because WE did nothing about a blatantly fraudulent election.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 18, 2021 01:30 PM (Fs5vw)

290 "The continued obliteration of sex-specific spaces begs the question of whether the safety of girls is being considered. Quite possibly no."

Agreed.
But also: a lack of interest in the dignity of those who want to retain sex-specific spaces. That lack of interest is often malevolent, but sometimes stems from terminal stupidity.

Posted by: pst314 at December 18, 2021 01:32 PM (mbIBQ)

291 Congregational singing is a good thing. There are a bunch of reasons, but one of them is this: recall how people are so hungry to be part of something bigger than themselves that the left is using this to destroy our nation. Well, congregational singing allows the congregants to be part of something bigger than themselves without destroying civilization. This is a good thing.

Posted by: Emmie at December 18, 2021 01:32 PM (6RgRK)

292 What bothers me more is "no crying he made" line in Away in a Manger. Baby Jesus was fully human and crying is not a sin.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 01:15 PM (KZzsI)

what I would like to know is...did St. Joseph have training as a midwife? Because only he and the Blessed Mother were in the stable. So...once again...the angels had to step up and deliver the Christ Child.

Posted by: kallistx at December 18, 2021 01:32 PM (DJFLF)

293 NYT headline today

Omicron is spreading and millions remain unvaccinated.

Ohhhh fuuuuuuuck we are all gonna die. Again.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - I miss the Delta Variant at December 18, 2021 01:32 PM (zsgTF)

294 I too think there's something in play with regards to 1/6. The reaction from the boys and girls in congress is very telling. They've been given marching orders and all (more or less) are following them to the letter. It's painfully obvious for anyone who looks that it was a setup. The FBI didn't do it without someone up on high giving them green light.

If they did, the entire bureau needs to be defunded and every employee's pension revoked... unless they turn. Then we'll discuss things.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2021 01:34 PM (BFigT)

295 Angels absolutely do sing

I checked, in 2nd Opinions, there next to the passage that says "God Helps Those Who Help Themselves" and "Cleanliness is next to Godliness".

The people of God sing according to their own custom and culture. The angels do not. Probably for good reason.

My first thought is that I would hate to see yet another worthless schism in the Church over whether the angels are in to Hip Hop, Celtic folk, Scat, Metal, Opera....

It would truly suck if we discovered that the style of angelic singing was Mongolian or Inuit Throat Singing.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:35 PM (+LCoQ)

296 If I had to guess I would consider the overreaction to the January 6th protests to be a combination of a couple things:

1) Arrogance and imperial elitism by congress: HOW DARE THEY???, shocked that mere citizens would dare step into the building and sully it with their presence
2) Fear that their actions to steal the presidency would have real and dread consequences from the public, and thinking this was the hammer landing on them. Then, realizing it was not, needing to spin this into something terrible to fend off any further action
3) Reichstag Fire II

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 01:35 PM (KZzsI)

297 It would truly suck if we discovered that the style of angelic singing was Mongolian or Inuit Throat Singing.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:35 PM (+LCoQ)
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Zappa!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 18, 2021 01:35 PM (Dc2NZ)

298 291 Congregational singing is a good thing. There are a bunch of reasons, but one of them is this: recall how people are so hungry to be part of something bigger than themselves that the left is using this to destroy our nation. Well, congregational singing allows the congregants to be part of something bigger than themselves without destroying civilization. This is a good thing.
Posted by: Emmie at December 18, 2021 01:32 PM (6RgRK)

I don't have to sing to feel that.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 18, 2021 01:36 PM (Fs5vw)

299 But then I don't understand the indifference to the obviously planned events that began the day after Trump won in 2016 and continue to this day.

Absolutely but I think J6 was the quasi-denouement of all that preceded, including Rooskiegate and a rigged election. It was a real-life demonstration of what can happen when our institutions and constitutional safeguards have been thoroughly breached. There should have been no more dire of a wake-up call.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 01:37 PM (Xrfse)

300 Hark the herald cavemen woo

Yabba a dabba dabba doooooo

Posted by: JT at December 18, 2021 01:37 PM (arJlL)

301 The hysterical freaking out over January 6th is insanely far out of proportion to the actual events, and suggests something else is going on than what is claimed.

--

They are pushing to make it illegal to be a conservative

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 18, 2021 01:37 PM (h1jJh)

302 what I would like to know is...did St. Joseph have training as a midwife? Because only he and the Blessed Mother were in the stable

There's nothing in the Bible to indicate they were alone. Its likely that in tax season like that, and with an already overfilled inn, the stable had several people in it. But it wouldn't be surprising if Joseph knew how to deliver a baby as just a cultural matter of course.

This leads me to another Christmas song I can't stand: Cherry Tree Carol. Not only is it a weird song, but the line "Mary gathered cherries While Joseph stood around" what the? The entire song is about Joseph being an ass to Mary and the context makes no sense at all. None of the song makes sense, it feels more like an old pagan song "Christianized" like was often done by missionaries in Europe in the Roman era.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 01:39 PM (KZzsI)

303 While the angels are not described as singing in the Bible, that is not some sort of proof that they cannot and do not sing. The absence of evidence is not proof of the contrary.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 01:41 PM (KZzsI)

304 The angels sing all the time. Your human ears cannot hear them.

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 18, 2021 01:42 PM (rDgjh)

305 If you read the Catechism of the Council of Trent, you would know that because of her Immaculate Conception, Mary did not suffer the pains of childbirth. Jesus passed through her body "like light passing through glass."

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 18, 2021 01:44 PM (rDgjh)

306 None of the song makes sense, it feels more like an old pagan song "Christianized" like was often done by missionaries in Europe in the Roman era.

Decades ago a CCM band "Glad" had a number "Variations on a Hymn" where they took a melody from an old bar song and showed how it was reapplied to corporate worship.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:45 PM (+LCoQ)

307 Angels blow trumpets. It's only natural that they can also sing.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 18, 2021 01:46 PM (Fs5vw)

308 >>Absolutely but I think J6 was the quasi-denouement of all that preceded, including Rooskiegate and a rigged election. It was a real-life demonstration of what can happen when our institutions and constitutional safeguards have been thoroughly breached. There should have been no more dire of a wake-up call.

I don't disagree that Jan 6th was the most blatant example but again I've been constantly surprised more people haven't reacted to everything that has happened since Trump was elected with more obvious rage and pushback. And I don't think it's over.

Biden effectively ended any border security we had. Our southern border is wide open to literally anyone who wants to stroll on in including gangs and terrorists. This is not normal and yet it gets a big yawn from most of the public.

Biden is also working to appease Putin, Xi and he Mullahs and again, ho hum.

I'm not sure what it will take to wake up normal people but it better come soon or there won't be a country left to save.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 01:48 PM (ZLI7S)

309 There's nothing in the Bible to indicate they were alone. Its likely that in tax season like that, and with an already overfilled inn, the stable had several people in it. But it wouldn't be surprising if Joseph knew how to deliver a baby as just a cultural matter of course.
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Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 01:39 PM (KZzsI)
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Yeah, they weren't the only two in town who couldn't get a room.

Posted by: Braenyard, pumpkin pie breakfast at December 18, 2021 01:48 PM (9rYNN)

310
[iMy first thought is that I would hate to see yet another worthless schism in the Church over whether the angels are in to Hip Hop, Celtic folk, Scat, Metal, Opera....

It would truly suck if we discovered that the style of angelic singing was Mongolian or Inuit Throat Singing.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:35 PM

naw....it sounds like George Jones singing Amazing Grace

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 18, 2021 01:49 PM (DUIap)

311 While the angels are not described as singing in the Bible, that is not some sort of proof that they cannot and do not sing. The absence of evidence is not proof of the contrary.

Does it bother you that there might just be many attributes given among men that are not given to the angels?

An absolute huge one is that the Elect offspring of Adam and Even are the exclusive Bride of Christ. I'm pretty sure angels are exempt from that, but "absence of evidence" (sigh).

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:49 PM (+LCoQ)

312 Greetings:

Me, I'm still a bit confused about all this confusion about it being unfair for female athletes to have to compete against "men-becoming-women" athletes yet it A-okay for females to be military "service members" and police officers.

Posted by: 11B40 at December 18, 2021 01:50 PM (uuklp)

313 305 If you read the Catechism of the Council of Trent, you would know that because of her Immaculate Conception, Mary did not suffer the pains of childbirth. Jesus passed through her body "like light passing through glass."

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 18, 2021 01:44 PM (rDgjh)

My guess is that was written by a bachelor that wasn't even there.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 18, 2021 01:50 PM (Fs5vw)

314 Biden effectively ended any border security we had. Our southern border is wide open to literally anyone who wants to stroll on in

Except Sharon.....

Posted by: JT at December 18, 2021 01:51 PM (arJlL)

315 It would truly suck if we discovered that the style of angelic singing was Mongolian or Inuit Throat Singing.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:35 PM (+LCoQ)

Probably more along the lines of this:

https://tinyurl.com/ymxx645j

Posted by: kallistx at December 18, 2021 01:51 PM (DJFLF)

316 Yeah, they weren't the only two in town who couldn't get a room.

Even worse, the order was to return to your city of Origin, which meant that each town was experiencing massive government ordered multi-generational Family Reunions.

To think that Joseph's family were such a bunch of assholes that not a single one would make any sort of sacrifice for his delivering bride.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:52 PM (+LCoQ)

317 That night though, he sat at his piano, with his back to the audience, and muddled through his set, before Taylor came out and killed it by engaging with the audience. So I give him credit for being a performer, because otherwise there might have been several suicides that night by those who may have only seen Newman's set.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2021 11:34 AM (HN0nw)

That's interesting.

I saw Randy Newman in Austin before he became the Disney guy and it was one of the best concerts I've ever scene.

He sat with the piano tilted toward the audience and engaged with us the whole time. He talked between songs and joked about this or that song or the origin of a song. A few times during some of his more egregious songs, he'd crack himself up and make an embarrassed, offhand remark (ex: "Yellow Man").

He was a tremendously charming performer. so, I don't know if we saw a very atypical performance or you did. Interesting though.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 18, 2021 01:52 PM (5NkmN)

318 Greetings:

"The Hu" do some serious Mongolian rock.

Posted by: 11B40 at December 18, 2021 01:52 PM (uuklp)

319
Yeah, they weren't the only two in town who couldn't get a room.

Posted by: Braenyard, pumpkin pie breakfast at December 18, 2021 01:48 PM (9rYNN

I know. Mary must have been really pissed when she found out Joseph hadn't made a reservation.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 18, 2021 01:53 PM (Fs5vw)

320 I'm not sure what it will take to wake up normal people but it better come soon or there won't be a country left to save.

I suppose it will be a moot point when the angels do indeed sing.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 18, 2021 01:54 PM (Xrfse)

321 >>>I'm not sure what it will take to wake up normal people but it better come soon or there won't be a country left to save.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 18, 2021 01:48 PM (ZLI7S)
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Part of it.
It's a shocking event. If one is hit, with a fist or a car, and has not be trained or prepared or even counseled about such an occurrence the human response is to pause (dumbstruck).

That's where most of cogent America is. Pathetically, they are still trying (probably unconsciously) to sort it out.

Posted by: Braenyard, pumpkin pie breakfast at December 18, 2021 01:55 PM (9rYNN)

322 If you read the Catechism of the Council of Trent, you would know that because of her Immaculate Conception, Mary did not suffer the pains of childbirth. Jesus passed through her body "like light passing through glass."

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 18, 2021 01:44 PM (rDgjh)

My guess is that was written by a bachelor that wasn't even there.

Apparently the Council of Trent never read Isaiah 66:7

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:55 PM (+LCoQ)

323 Not that I'm advising it or would support it but I'm hugely surprised that some of these parents who's children are being abused and brainwashed by the entirety of their local public school system, haven't -

applied the 3 S Method to show their displeasure.

I truly expect we'll see this in the future. You mess with and destroy people's children, you will call the whirlwind down upon yourself. These idiots need to read a little history.

Again, not supporting but totally expecting this to happen knowing human nature.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 18, 2021 01:57 PM (5NkmN)

324 It would truly suck if we discovered that the style of angelic singing was Mongolian or Inuit Throat Singing.

Or Leslie Nielsen singing the National Anthem...

https://tinyurl.com/5cwbf3ky

Posted by: JT at December 18, 2021 02:00 PM (arJlL)

325 Is. 66:7 does not pertain to the birth of Jesus.

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 18, 2021 02:01 PM (rDgjh)

326 I know. Mary must have been really pissed when she found out Joseph hadn't made a reservation.

So Holy Tradition makes the claim that Mary was without Sin. Interpreting that in two possible ways:

* Mary was a Proverbs 31 woman and would have made the reservations herself.

* Mary, taking advantage of the perpetual sinless attribute, killed off Joseph through endless nagging and criticism and that is why you don't hear of him after Jesus' first ad hoc sermon at the synagogue.

Mary was rather pushy. When at the Marriage in Caanan, unless Jesus routinely turned water into wine with each meal, saving the family all kinds of money, she had some rather high expectations and nagged our LORD into livening up the party. (I mean, running out of wine, just like Joseph didn't make reservations. We have a pattern here of unmet expectations)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 02:04 PM (+LCoQ)

327 325 Is. 66:7 does not pertain to the birth of Jesus.
Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 18, 2021 02:01 PM (rDgjh)

If Jesus was human, he did not exit Mary like greased lightning.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 18, 2021 02:04 PM (Fs5vw)

328 The angels don't sing. Make sure that you acknowledge this and don't commit heresy when singing this song.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:07 PM

Well rap it is, then. Glory, yo!

Posted by: Taqiyy M.C., Rickrolled by Jesus at December 18, 2021 02:06 PM (OssQ4)

329 Heretic! Like light passing through glass.

Next time you see the Blessed Virgin, be sure to ask her.

Posted by: Been Lurking, but clearly been posting too at December 18, 2021 02:07 PM (rDgjh)

330 Is. 66:7 does not pertain to the birth of Jesus.

Except nearly every commentator and particularly Jewish writers believed it to be:

"before distress comes to her, she shall be redeemed; and before trembling comes upon her, her King shall be revealed... before he should be born that should bring Israel into the last captivity, the Redeemer should be born" - Targum

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 02:08 PM (+LCoQ)

331 Does it bother you that there might just be many attributes given among men that are not given to the angels?

The Bible explicitly says that there are things the angels look at in humanity and are amazed by or do not share. But singing is not one.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 02:10 PM (KZzsI)

332 You don't have to be a troll to find yourself in the center of controversy. You need only be two things: effective, and unwilling to back down.

Sounds exactly like my experiences with Twitter and YouTube.

Posted by: FatAlbert at December 18, 2021 02:11 PM (E78bp)

333 The angels don't sing. Make sure that you acknowledge this and don't commit heresy when singing this song.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 01:07 PM

Well rap it is, then. Glory, yo!

Don't laugh. The earliest recorded "song" was gangster rap by Lamech in Genesis 4:23-24

(I'm surprised that some CCM group hasn't copyrighted this)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 02:11 PM (+LCoQ)

334 I don't get why democrats are so obsessed over the sexual parts of young children. It' sickening.
Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 18, 2021 11:24 AM (bVYXr)

Because they're demented perverts that are in the thrall of Satan. They get their jollies by stealing the innocence of children by using them as sexual objects.

There's a reason Jews and, then Christians, had sexual taboos. The ancient world was awash in all sorts of perverse sexual activity. Prostitutes within the temples of the pagan gods, homosexuality, sex with children, etc. God finally directed the Jews and Christians to work towards stamping out such practices; they'd been fairly successful until now.

Lots of people have turned away from God, and are going to have to re-learn those lessons the hard way.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 18, 2021 02:11 PM (pJWtt)

335 Some of those angels were pretty pranky, why couldn't they sing?

Posted by: Braenyard, pumpkin pie breakfast at December 18, 2021 02:12 PM (9rYNN)

336 So Holy Tradition makes the claim that Mary was without Sin.

God the Father knew that his Son the Redeemer would have to inhabit the womb of a human woman for nine months.

Would he want the baby Jesus to develop in the body of an unclean (sinful) woman?

It's illogical.

Posted by: kallistx at December 18, 2021 02:14 PM (DJFLF)

337 I'd be real careful with "making your own salt mixture" for nasal irrigation. IIRC there's a particular type of salt used and for my bottle it's very, very fine and dissolves quickly.

I mean, it's almost powder it's so fine.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2021 12:46 PM (BFigT)

That's just so it dissolves more quickly and conveniently. If you're rolling your own, however, I wouldn't use iodized salt.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 18, 2021 02:17 PM (ZSK0i)

338 Would he want the baby Jesus to develop in the body of an unclean (sinful) woman?

It's illogical.

I have no dog in this hunt, but would it then follow that God wouldn't want Jesus to dwell among the unclean people?

After all, clean or unclean, Mary didn't abort Jesus nor nail Him to a tree.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 02:17 PM (+LCoQ)

339 Does it bother you that there might just be many attributes given among men that are not given to the angels?

The Bible explicitly says that there are things the angels look at in humanity and are amazed by or do not share. But singing is not one.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 18, 2021 02:10 PM (KZzsI)

For instance, the invention of the Slim Jim as a beer snack.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 18, 2021 02:18 PM (5NkmN)

340 Some of those angels were pretty pranky, why couldn't they sing?

I would like to think that there are distinguishing and unique characteristics given among men who are considered the pinnacle of God's work and are deemed a special creation - suitable, post regeneration and sanctification to be the holy bride of Christ.

Art and music are distinguishing characteristics. that is why we should produce honorable and worshipful art and music. That is why the Enemy profanes these attributes to make garbage, pornography and noise.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 02:22 PM (+LCoQ)

341 I have no dog in this hunt, but would it then follow that God wouldn't want Jesus to dwell among the unclean people?

*facepalm*

Posted by: kallistx at December 18, 2021 02:23 PM (DJFLF)

342 "Cases". I would bet that they are using "cases" to describe what are only "positive test results". A CDC-defined "case" is "positive test result + symptomatic".

The NHL reintroduced stricter COVID-19 protocols Saturday that include daily testing and other steps in a bid to limit a growing outbreak among players and team personnel.

The enhanced protocols will be put into effect immediately and last through Jan. 1 with an evaluation of their impact no later than Jan. 7. The move follows discussions between the NHL and NHL Players' Association as virus conditions worsen across North America.

Three teams -- Calgary, Colorado and Florida -- are virtually shut down through next week because of virus cases. About 70 players -- 10% of the 700 leaguewide -- are in the NHL's COVID-19 protocols, and the number of games postponed this season has climbed to 20.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 18, 2021 02:23 PM (Do5/p)

343 For instance, the invention of the Slim Jim as a beer snack.

Amen.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 02:23 PM (+LCoQ)

344 I would like to think that there are distinguishing and unique characteristics given among men who are considered the pinnacle of God's work and are deemed a special creation - suitable, post regeneration and sanctification to be the holy bride of Christ.
...

Posted by: Reuben Hick at D
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We are the bride of Christ on earth, however; Angels are created by God and are already in the host of heaven. They aren't subordinate to us.

Posted by: Braenyard, pumpkin pie breakfast at December 18, 2021 02:26 PM (9rYNN)

345 Three teams -- Calgary, Colorado and Florida -- are virtually shut down through next week because of virus cases. About 70 players -- 10% of the 700 leaguewide -- are in the NHL's COVID-19 protocols, and the number of games postponed this season has climbed to 20.

Maybe they have this all reversed. Bench the C19 negative and have games played by the infected. If the uninfected want to play, they may do so of their own volition, but it will be in the games being played by the infected.

I'm pretty sure that under that policy, the games will resume as if there is no policy.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 02:26 PM (+LCoQ)

346 There's nothing in the Bible to indicate they were alone. Its likely that in tax season like that, and with an already overfilled inn, the stable had several people in it. But it wouldn't be surprising if Joseph knew how to deliver a baby as just a cultural matter of course....
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

So glad you said that, and so much more succinctly that what I was typing up.

You can bet that any women nearby would hear, and be pitching in to help Mary. Because, you know, women.

Posted by: mindful webworker - while the menfolk stood outside, smoking at December 18, 2021 02:27 PM (REkPr)

347 We are the bride of Christ on earth, however; Angels are created by God and are already in the host of heaven. They aren't subordinate to us.

Would you care to harmonize that statement with 1 Co 6:3?
"Do you not know that we are to judge angels? ..."

Angels are NOT the temple of God nor does the Spirit dwell within them. That is pretty huge that men are in a very close and unique relationship with each member of the Godhead.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 02:36 PM (+LCoQ)

348 Black radio host Charlamagne Tha God triggered Kamala Harris on Friday when he asked her to name the "real president."

Harris's staffers tried to shut down the interview, but Charlamagne kept pressing Harris to answer his questions.

Charlamagne asked Harris if Senator Joe Manchin or Joe Biden was the real president -- and Harris blew a gasket!

"Come on, Charlamagne! Come on, it's Joe Biden. No, no, no, no, no! It's Joe Biden! It's Joe Biden -- And don't start talking like a Republican about asking whether or not he's president," Harris said scolding Charlamagne.

https://bit.ly/3yEQ450

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 18, 2021 02:36 PM (Do5/p)

349 Is this the scheduled time for religious arguments amongst Christian conservatives? Oh, no; My computer seems to be malfunctioning. It's blinking on and off, a voice like the robot in "Lost In Space" is saying, "Danger! Danger, FenelonSpoke!!
Catch you folks later-maybe.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 18, 2021 02:38 PM (KBCaU)

350 Huh, weird that the NHL is having a Covid outbreak, given that everyone is vaxxed.

Same thing happening in the NFL.

I'm at a loss to understand.

Posted by: Dave in Fla (fC3dn) at December 18, 2021 02:39 PM (5p7BC)

351 Black radio host Charlamagne

Is that you, Kid?

Posted by: Zombie Steely Dan at December 18, 2021 02:39 PM (Xrfse)

352 Is this the scheduled time for religious arguments amongst Christian conservatives? Oh, no; My computer seems to be malfunctioning. It's blinking on and off, a voice like the robot in "Lost In Space" is saying, "Danger! Danger, FenelonSpoke!!
Catch you folks later-maybe.

Good grief. We were discussing the age old schism of angelic singing - you know, the stuff that denominations split over and wars are waged...

Next week we will pick up on how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. We will burn the heretics before the movie thread.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 02:49 PM (+LCoQ)

353 "OSHA does not wish to have any appearance of discouraging workers from receiving COVID-19 vaccination, and also does not wish to disincentivize employers' vaccination efforts. As a result, OSHA will not enforce 29 CFR 1904's recording requirements to require any employers to record worker side effects from COVID-19 vaccination at least through May 2022. We will reevaluate the agency's position at that time to determine the best course of action moving forward."

https://bit.ly/3J3MC8X

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 18, 2021 02:58 PM (Do5/p)

354 PET NOOD

and so ends for all practical purposes this thread

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 03:03 PM (2JoB8)

355 I am glad that Ace posted the Debra Heine piece on gender grooming in Spreckles. Because it clarified for me that the first woman who went after the school board in the Libs of Tik Tok videos waited to blow the whistle until her daughter had transferred to a new school and was in an emotionally stable situation. Mom had really been quite conciliatory toward these aggressive gender-changers earlier.

And the man who spoke in the next video was Grandpa to the schoolgirl, not her Dad.

Posted by: KT at December 18, 2021 03:03 PM (0ghg2)

356 One would think this a conversation FenelonSpoke would seek to engage rather than bug out.

Posted by: Braenyard, pumpkin pie breakfast at December 18, 2021 03:05 PM (9rYNN)

357 and so ends for all practical purposes this thread
Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2021 03:03 PM (2JoB

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Killer

Posted by: Braenyard, pumpkin pie breakfast at December 18, 2021 03:07 PM (9rYNN)

358 What a surprise - the CDC and states across the country have been over-counting the number of American adults who have been fully vaccinated.

"in collating reams of data on vaccinations, the US has counted too many shots as first doses when they are instead second doses or booster shots."

Inadvertently!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 18, 2021 03:16 PM (E8EsG)

359 This is why I will always leave the seat up

Posted by: Brometheus at December 18, 2021 03:20 PM (TGFWQ)

360
I don't listen to any academic, ever. I learned that habit in college.

But... to listen to one about something as simple as whether a given human being has a penis or vagina? C'mon. This is silly. Nobody needs this. It's an answer in search of a question, and it found a lady willing to spill ink for cash.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 18, 2021 03:21 PM (2ABQr)

361 Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 18, 2021 02:36 PM (+LCoQ)

Daniel 4:17

Posted by: Braenyard, pumpkin pie breakfast at December 18, 2021 03:23 PM (9rYNN)

362 Black radio host Charlamagne Tha God triggered Kamala Harris on Friday when he asked her to name the "real president."

Harris's staffers tried to shut down the interview, but Charlamagne kept pressing Harris to answer his questions.

Charlamagne asked Harris if Senator Joe Manchin or Joe Biden was the real president -- and Harris blew a gasket!
....
https://bit.ly/3yEQ450
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 18, 2021 02:36 PM (Do5/p)

Ha! Ha! Sounds like someone's not happy Build Back Bolshevik is not happening right now.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at December 18, 2021 03:26 PM (pJWtt)

363
And I'm not bagging on Shrier - she found a good hustle, telling people that people born with dicks are actually dudes.

The fact that this hustle makes money speaks much more poorly of us than it does of her.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 18, 2021 03:28 PM (2ABQr)

364 OSHA does not wish to have any appearance of discouraging workers from receiving COVID-19 vaccination, and also does not wish to disincentivize employers' vaccination efforts.

Huh? Part one, I get. But OSHA thinks that by not forcing employers to engage in onerous reporting that is a disincentive to employers?

Newspeak is still bullshit. OSHA is just an agency staffed by people who want to get back at 'the man'. Who almost invariably has white skin and a few dollars in the bank and some 'equity' which they feel should be divided up more equitably.

A communist organization in other words. Which Congress has exempted themselves from because, 'Shut up'.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 18, 2021 03:32 PM (dQvv7)

365 If i get shot....i'd like to know whether a socialist or communist shot me.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at December 18, 2021 03:37 PM (66yNo)

366 "I don't listen to any academic, ever. I learned that habit in college.

But... to listen to one about something as simple as whether a given human being has a penis or vagina? C'mon. This is silly. Nobody needs this. It's an answer in search of a question, and it found a lady willing to spill ink for cash."

Yudhishthira's Dice at December 18, 2021 03:28 PM

Well, she's educated, but not an academic. The base question may boil down to whether a given human being has a penis or vagina, but the original question to her was whether substantial numbers of girls were being manipulated into thinking that they were boys, and if so, how. She couldn't find a reporter who would look into this, so she tackled the subject herself.

I know one fully adult person who may have been affected by this ideology and vaguely know one transgender person, but I know some high school/college age people who have several friends/acquaintances who are preoccupied with this issue.

So you are probably right when you say that "the fact that this hustle makes money speaks much more poorly of us than it does of her."

Posted by: KT at December 18, 2021 04:12 PM (0ghg2)

367 Yudhishthira's Dice at December 18, 2021 03:28 PM

The academics who should not have been listened to include several in the Spreckels, CA school district.

Posted by: KT at December 18, 2021 04:15 PM (0ghg2)

368 In a sane world those academics at Spreckels, CA school district should be in jail.

Posted by: Braenyard, pumpkin pie breakfast at December 18, 2021 04:40 PM (9rYNN)

369 Last!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 18, 2021 04:53 PM (eA1RV)

370 Three [idiot] generals warn of a CIVIL WAR if 2024 election is falsely contested with 'rogue military units' following a 'Trumpian figure' and putting 'all Americans at severe risk': Demand leaders of Jan 6 are brought to justice_DM

They are Former Army Major Gen Paul Eaton, advisor for the progressive veterans group VoteVets. Much more on Eaton (RedState): https://is.gd/C4wkGh ,

_former Brigadier Gen Steven Anderson, " Our oil addiction, I believe, is our greatest threat to our national security..."

_former Army Major Gen Antonio Taguba, "After years of disclosures by government investigations, media accounts and reports from human rights organizations, there is no longer any doubt as to whether the current [Bush] administration has committed war crimes,"

Posted by: Braenyard, pumpkin pie breakfast at December 18, 2021 05:13 PM (9rYNN)

371 It's not just school teachers and psychologists pushing the lgb agenda. My x wife tried pushing my oldest son into a gay lifestyle. She was a constantly critical complete bitch to him about everything, except when being gay came up. Then she fawned over him. She even took him shopping once, openly urged him to trade phone numbers with a gay salesman twice his age (he was 17), then fawned about how awesome it was. The guy ended up sending my son obscene photos, so my son blocked the number and refuses to enter that store ever again, but regardless, there are women out there pushing their kids into gay lifestyles. This is broader and deeper than simply perverts running the schools.

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