Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

A little coffee with one's cream? Unlike my soul, black and bitter.

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Good morning Moron Horde. Just a couple of rules before the Prayer Revival.

1) Opine and/or bloviate away in this open thread.
2) Be nice to one another including the dastardly swamp critters.
3) For heaven's sake, no running with sharp objects.
4) Enjoy your weekend, or don't enjoy it. It's all up to you.

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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
5/28 – FortWorthMike requests prayers for his grandniece, Chloe, and her family, to find a kidney to transplant. Chloe is a toddler who has been on this prayer list before, and it has helped her. She was born with bad kidneys and had them removed soon after birth. She’s had multiple health issues, and is now getting daily dialysis at home. Her mother’s kidneys aren’t a match, and her father’s are a match, but are too large for her little body. Thanks for your prayers!
7/23 Update – Little Chloe is having a lot of bladder infections, as the medical team works to stretch her bladder (in preparation for receiving a kidney). There have been so many infections that her bladder may need to be removed. Please keep praying: for a kidney match, for her health, and for her worried family.
7/8 – TecumsehTea asks for prayers for her dearest friend, who came down with Covid and is very ill. She is almost 70 and severely immunocompromised. She did not vax and has made it thus far, but she traveled recently. She is taking ivermectin. The Lord holds her in His hand, and He’s in charge, but it doesn’t hurt to ask Him for healing.
7/19 Update – The friend is slowly improving with ivermectin. Her lungs remain clear, but she is still weak, in pain, and has headaches and fatigue and nausea. Even the meds for nausea made her gag and vomit! Thank you for your prayers.
8/4 Update – TecumsehTea sends many thanks for the prayers. Her friend made if through covid. It was rough, but thank God for ivermectin and answered prayers. She is still fatigued and weak but recovering.
7/15 – Chi-Town Jerry requests prayers for his wife, who is in the hospital again with AFIB. Although she got back to regular rhythm in the ER, her kidney numbers concerned them and they are keeping her overnight on IV. Prayers are appreciated.
7/16 – ellipse (… asked for prayers for a work friend (of 18 years) and fantastic young lady named Lauren, who has been sick and away from work for 3 months.
8/20 Update – Lauren is back at work and sounds very good and very upbeat. Thank you for your prayers.
7/18 – Diogenes asks for prayers for his godson, who just lost his 13-year-old son to a seizure/stroke. The boy had autism and began suffering from a series of strokes over the last few weeks.
7/18 – jewells45 could use some prayers, as she has been sick. Her daughter is in pain and struggling, too, after injuring her leg.
7/18 – Emmie asked for prayers for God’s guidance and His will do be done regarding the sale of their house.
7/28 Update – The potential buyer decided it wouldn’t work for them. The house is officially listed (in a semi-rural area of Colorado). She would appreciate prayer that God would bring together the property and the people who can make good use of it.
7/19 – Fenelon Spoke asked for prayers as she attended the local Board of Education meeting, about the grooming of kids, transgenders, etc. The BOE is paying a group of LGBT teens to tell their stories, and the teacher’s union has had a drag queen show. Please pray for protection for the moms and dads defending their kids.
7/21 – Blanco asked for prayers for the family of former co-blogger Dave in Texas, who passed away recently.
7/23 – DM asks for prayers for his marriage. His wife of 36 years file for divorce.
7/23 – Count de Monet asked for prayers for his friend Cheryl, as she packs up and moves from Texas to Tennessee. Prayers for a smooth closing and safe travels are appreciated.
8/6 Update – Cheryl is busy unpacking at her new place in Tennessee. The closing went smoothly.
7/24 – t_bodie asked for prayers for his son’s girlfriend, who is in the ICU with a failing liver. It came on suddenly and caught everyone by surprise. Please lift K. up for healing and T. for strength.
8/6 Update – K is out of the hospital and still recuperating. She has some lifestyle work to do.
7/26 – N.L.Urker needs a job badly, and prayers are appreciated.
7/26 – Nurse Ratched asked for prayers for Ann, who had a fall recently and is in ICU. She is recovering but has a long row to hoe.
8/1 Update – Rehab is on hold until she is more stable. Her AFIB with high heart rate and significant edema have been way too stubborn, plus they found another infection. Thanks for the continued prayers!
7/26 – Timon asked for prayers. His sister’s son, age 19, was killed in a multi-vehicle accident near Louisville. He was in the Army and stationed at Fort Knox. He was heading home to celebrate his 1 year anniversary in the Army.
7/26 – Browndog requested prayers as a longtime friend of his was taken off life support after a massive heart attack last Friday. He never recovered consciousness. Unfortunately, he was vaxxed to the max.
7/26 – Zod could use some prayers as he recovers, apparently cleared of cancer.
7/28 – Bitter Clinger would like prayers for his mother, who is having breast cancer surgery today.
7/30 Update – Mom came through surgery fine. They are waiting for the lymph node testing results.
7/28 – Jewells45 sends prayers of thanksgiving that their friend is doing well, after he had a heart attack while in recovery after surgery. There was 100% blockage in one of his arteries, and the medical team quickly took care of that.
7/30 Update – Jewells45 is “finally back to my normal goofy self”, and her daughter is healing, but it’s going slowly.
7/30 – Moki asks for prayers. Her cancer surgery has been postponed for 4 months so she can go through a series of extremely invasive and even 1 dangerous test, to prove that she will wake up from anesthesia. If she refuses the tests, they refuse to perform the cancer surgery. Her cancer is renal cell carcinoma, localized to one kidney at this time.
7/30 – Nova Local found our she has the C17 deletion form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, about 30 years earlier than people normally get it. While it’s not curable, it could be a lot worse.
7/30 – Tonypete asked for prayers for his neighbor Karen. She is in her late 80s, and fell at home recently and gashed her head and broke her hip. She has Alzheimer’s and cancer. Her cancer is under control, but will probably remain in a nursing care unit until the end. Her loving husband simply can’t care for her at home anymore. He also asked for prayers for his granddaughters: C is 8 and has a broken foot. No one knows how this happened(!?) E is 13 and completely out of control on social media. The girls have an unfit, alcoholic mother and an inattentive father. Tonypete and his wife continue to try and gain custody, but family court is not on their side. Additionally, a friend named Marsha recently discovered she has liver and pancreatic cancer, and her prognosis is poor.
8/2 – Hadrian the Seventh asked for prayers. He got the results of his heart exam, and his heart is fine, but they noticed some slight enlargement of the aorta. He has to go back for a CAT scan to find out what it looks like behind his heart, whether it’s still enlarged or not.
8/3 – Fenelon Spoke requests prayers for healing for a congregation member named Dorian, who has a bad case of Covid. Thanks so much!
8/4 – Defenestratus asks for prayers for his young cousin, who was rushed to the hospital for another case of myocarditis. It’s his second episode since he got the vaccine (after having had Covid). He’s incredibly smart, athletic, driven, as well as humble and kind.
8/9 – Fenelon Spoke asks for prayers for her church organist, Jessie, who is having pain and intestinal issues. Thanks so much!
8/10 – Aetius451AD would appreciate prayers for her aunt, who is going in for surgery for cancer. They think it has not spread and they can remove it all without chemo.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.

Romans 8:26-27
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 09:00 AM

Comments

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1 Good Saturday morning, horde!

Blessings upon all!

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 13, 2022 09:00 AM (OX9vb)

2 You got to Stop and Smell the roses
You've got to count your many blessings everyday
You're gonna find your way to heaven is a rough and rocky road
If you don't Stop and Smell the roses along the way...

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 13, 2022 09:04 AM (R/m4+)

3 Romans 8
Great verses…

Posted by: Robm1981 at August 13, 2022 09:04 AM (GUUEi)

4 Going to be a long day

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 13, 2022 09:05 AM (JR3Hz)

5

Thank you for that Hairy. I needed a reminder. Have a great day!

Posted by: four seasons at August 13, 2022 09:06 AM (PisyI)

6 Spent last night with my 4 grand nephews and 1 grand niece. So much fun!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 13, 2022 09:07 AM (BRHaw)

7 Good morning everyone. Enjoying coffee, classical music, and a good read.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 13, 2022 09:07 AM (dgNEb)

8 Good morning everyone. Prayers for all intentions.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:08 AM (LsEU/)

9 Can we had President Trump and his family to the prayer list?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2022 09:08 AM (g3e66)

10 Happy Saturday everyone!

Going hiking....

Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kalifornistan at August 13, 2022 09:09 AM (MjHyN)

11 A few weeks ago, someone mentioned that Empire 1/Ann Wilson was ill. Does anyone know if she has recovered, or what her status is? I continue to pray for her, also.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 13, 2022 09:09 AM (OX9vb)

12 G'mornin MisHum.

Posted by: Ciampino - cooler today at August 13, 2022 09:09 AM (qfLjt)

13 Beautiful morning this morning. My dogs highly approve of this gift from heaven. Our morning trot was to their satisfaction.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2022 09:09 AM (g3e66)

14 I pray for Trump, his family, his staff, his allies, us, and the country.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 13, 2022 09:10 AM (dgNEb)

15 Prayers ascending for all on the prayer list, for the CoBs, and for the return of the US Constitution in glory.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 13, 2022 09:11 AM (u82oZ)

16 10 Can we had President Trump and his family to the prayer list?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Whether he's on there or not, he and his family are definitely in my daily prayers.

Lord, have mercy, and deliver us from the evil that encompasses us.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 13, 2022 09:11 AM (OX9vb)

17 The moon out my back door at about 645 this AM

https://photos.app.goo.gl/gj6SnMsdgWrGUvtv8

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 13, 2022 09:12 AM (BRHaw)

18 The baby's up!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:12 AM (LsEU/)

19 Mornin', all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at August 13, 2022 09:14 AM (Z/jzm)

20 All Hail Eris, with the iron fist in an iron gauntlet

Fist bump.

No social distancing for gentle fist bumps for you, and strong fist-bumps for the "other-kin".

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 13, 2022 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

21 Misanthropic Humanitarian

Top of ta mornin to you and your tribe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 13, 2022 09:15 AM (u82oZ)

22 Morning Mouth Breathers

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 13, 2022 09:16 AM (cknjq)

23 The moon out my back door at about 645 this AM

https://photos.app.goo.gl/gj6SnMsdgWrGUvtv8
Posted by: rhennigantx

No way I'm clicking on that phrasing!

Posted by: t-bird at August 13, 2022 09:16 AM (ugV9/)

24 No way I'm clicking on that phrasing!
Posted by: t-bird

Seriously!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:17 AM (LsEU/)

25 Good morning Salty

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at August 13, 2022 09:17 AM (aA3+G)

26 t-bird

Saw a setting full moon close to the horizon this morning.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 13, 2022 09:18 AM (u82oZ)

27 4) Enjoy your weekend, or don't enjoy it. It's all up to you.

One day MisHum called me to his dyin' bed
Put his hands on my shoulders And in tears he said
He said "Count, I'm depending on you son,
To pull the weekend through,
My son, it's all left up to you"

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2022 09:19 AM (4I/2K)

28 Salty, public smishing is back!

*smishes*

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 13, 2022 09:19 AM (dgNEb)

29 Feels good to bask in the warm glow of having the first draft done.

Normally I don't find writing particularly stressful, but I wanted this book on China out there before things got too bad.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:20 AM (llXky)

30 Salty, public smishing is back!

*smishes*
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Hey! Hey, Watch it you two!

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:20 AM (LsEU/)

31 Are they twin moons?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 13, 2022 09:20 AM (dgNEb)

32 No way I'm clicking on that phrasing!
Posted by: t-bird at August 13, 2022 09:16 AM (ugV9/)

Haha, I am unafraid. Or stupid, YMMV. I clicked, and it is a lovely picture of the actual moon, you know, that one made of green cheese. It was a beautiful moon last night!

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 13, 2022 09:21 AM (OX9vb)

33 I saw yesterday that an Anglican bishopress has declared that Holy Scripture teaches us that women have absolute control over their bodies, so killing that baby is perfectly okay.

She's also a lesbian and her bio said she was raised RC but left when should couldn't be ordained. Serious failure for the catechists there.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:21 AM (llXky)

34 Just got back from my walk. A little muggy out but not bad. Watered the garden, gave Moose a treat. Now what?

Posted by: jewells45 at August 13, 2022 09:22 AM (nxdel)

35 I saw yesterday that an Anglican bishopress has declared that Holy Scripture teaches us that women have absolute control over their bodies, so killing that baby is perfectly okay.

She's also a lesbian and her bio said she was raised RC but left when should couldn't be ordained. Serious failure for the catechists there.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

There are none so blind as those that will not see.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:22 AM (LsEU/)

36 22 Morning Mouth Breathers

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 13, 2022 09:16 AM (cknjq)
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You have something against gills?

Posted by: Aquaman at August 13, 2022 09:22 AM (qfLjt)

37 {{{All Hail Eris, with the iron fist in an iron gauntlet }}}

Awww. **Blushes**.

This year in Corsicana. I'll try and overcome my shyness if we chat.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 13, 2022 09:22 AM (u82oZ)

38 Just got back from my walk. A little muggy out but not bad. Watered the garden, gave Moose a treat. Now what?
Posted by: jewells45

Coffee.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:23 AM (LsEU/)

39 Mornin', Salty!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 13, 2022 09:24 AM (RkC6l)

40 "The moon out my back door at about 645 this AM"

Wants me to log in to Google, forgot how.
Are all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn?

Posted by: lowandslow at August 13, 2022 09:24 AM (qH6FZ)

41 You have something against gills?
Posted by: Aquaman

Kip Addotta
https://youtu.be/6l1GvDWtccI?t=10

Hey, you started it.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:25 AM (LsEU/)

42 Please pray for Bete who was on a thread yesterday and needs a job and is feeling low in spirit. He had recovered from cancer - he was on the prayer list for a while. Thx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:25 AM (yAgb6)

43 When I was young and the Anglicans hadn't gone completely bonkers, sometimes my maternal grandparents would go Easter Mass at Old Mariner's Church in downtown Detroit and thence to the buffet at the Detroit Athletic Club.

That was an awesome buffet, btw. I still think longing about the prime rib. The service was almost identical to the Catholic one, but the language was less contemporary, which was cool. I wouldn't mind finding one of the Anglican Ordinariate Churches.

My grandfather subsequently gave up is DAC membership as his business declined, so instead we did Mass at Holy Name and then brunch at Orchard Lake CC, which was also outstanding.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:25 AM (llXky)

44 4) Enjoy your weekend, or don't enjoy it. It's all up to you.

Pants are not required, are they?

Posted by: fluffy at August 13, 2022 09:25 AM (UnQlg)

45 Romans explains it all pretty much, except why my bagel-date is late.

Posted by: Eromero at August 13, 2022 09:25 AM (dtj4g)

46 17 The moon out my back door at about 645 this AM

https://photos.app.goo.gl/gj6SnMsdgWrGUvtv8

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 13, 2022 09:12 AM (BRHaw)
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Lovely parallel lines.
Yeah yeah I know, no Maths.

Posted by: Ciampino - I went to Infinity and it was a mess of lines at August 13, 2022 09:26 AM (qfLjt)

47 >>> 29 Feels good to bask in the warm glow of having the first draft done.

Normally I don't find writing particularly stressful, but I wanted this book on China out there before things got too bad.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:20 AM (llXky)

Congratulations!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 13, 2022 09:26 AM (llON8)

48 Tonypete, already had 3 cups. Any more and I'll be wired all day.

Posted by: jewells45 at August 13, 2022 09:27 AM (nxdel)

49 44 4) Enjoy your weekend, or don't enjoy it. It's all up to you.

Pants are not required, are they?

Posted by: fluffy at August 13, 2022 09:25 AM (UnQlg)
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Well I'm not wearing any, just shorts.

Posted by: Ciampino -- I went to Infinity and it was a mess of lines at August 13, 2022 09:27 AM (qfLjt)

50 Smell the coffee.

Do not, under any circumstances, stop the coffee.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 13, 2022 09:27 AM (6FeV1)

51
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 13, 2022 09:27 AM (ENBF0)

52 Can we had President Trump and his family to the prayer list?

He, Melania, and the family have been on my prayer list since the election.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 13, 2022 09:29 AM (JVCkA)

53 In my twenties, when I was flat-busted broke, driving a third-hand car and wearing second-hand clothes, I reflected fondly on those experiences.

I tell ya, hard work pays off, I my grandparents taught me a lot about it. I spent one summer re-laying the brick walk at their house. Worked during the morning and when it started getting really hot, my grandmother declared a halt for the day as it was time to go to the club. She'd hang out with her friends at the clubhouse and I'd swim in the pool.

When I was hungry, I could go to the snack shop, order a burger and fries and sign my grandfather's name to pay for it. Those were the days.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:29 AM (llXky)

54 RedMindBlueState

Good to see you posting. Hope your mom is doing well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 13, 2022 09:30 AM (u82oZ)

55 1. Coffee
2. Bagel
3. Gubshow
4.
5. Profit!

Posted by: Eromero at August 13, 2022 09:30 AM (dtj4g)

56 I know there are many who need employment. My employer has multiple work from home positions at all levels of expertise. I work in health care revenue cycle, but you don't necessarily need to have health care experience. I didn't.

My email is in my nic; if you want information, just contact me.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 13, 2022 09:30 AM (OX9vb)

57 When I was hungry, I could go to the snack shop, order a burger and fries and sign my grandfather's name to pay for it. Those were the days.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Nice. It's great to recall those fond grandparent memories.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:31 AM (LsEU/)

58 Congratulations!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 13, 2022 09:26 AM (llON

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Thanks! I'll have more to say on the book thread to be sure.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:31 AM (llXky)

59 Carried over from the last thread:

Removing the pancreas is not the treatment for pancreatitis. The pancreas is a gland with dual functions. The exocrine pancreas produces enzymes to help digest food, and these enzymes are excreted, trickling down the pancreatic duct and into the small intestine. The endocrine function produces insulin (via a complex feedback loop based on blood sugar levels) which is excreted into the bloodstream. Removing the entire pancreas would instantly give you diabetes, not to mention preventing you from digesting many foods.

Thus endeth your anatomy and physiology lesson for today.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 09:31 AM (kXYt5)

60 32 No way I'm clicking on that phrasing!
Posted by: t-bird at August 13, 2022 09:16 AM (ugV9/)

Haha, I am unafraid. Or stupid, YMMV. I clicked, and it is a lovely picture of the actual moon, you know, that one made of green cheese. It was a beautiful moon last night!

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 13, 2022 09:21 AM (OX9vb)
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So it's ripe Gorgonzola. Yummy.

Posted by: Ciampino -- all I need are some Provita crackers at August 13, 2022 09:31 AM (qfLjt)

61 Enjoy this summer day, everyone.

More chores.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 13, 2022 09:31 AM (u82oZ)

62 Texas megachurch votes to leave United Methodist Church because of the denomination's debate on same-sex marriage

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A drop of sanity in an ocean of crazy /stupid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 09:31 AM (FVME7)

63 Good to see you posting. Hope your mom is doing well.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at August 13, 2022 09:30 AM

We're both recovering from COVID, but it was a mild case. I'll tell her you asked after her. Hope all's well on your end!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 13, 2022 09:32 AM (RkC6l)

64 Nice. It's great to recall those fond grandparent memories.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:31 AM (LsEU/)
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Yes, I try to sort memories like everything else - get rid of the ugly stuff and hold on to the things that make you happy. By doing that, my brain slowly loses track of the bad things and keeps the good things bright and clear.

Cool overcast day here in Michigan. Making me nostalgic, I suppose.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:33 AM (llXky)

65 Another heretical cleric?

The world is full of them.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 13, 2022 09:33 AM (JVCkA)

66 So it's ripe Gorgonzola. Yummy.
Posted by: Ciampino

Ah, a member of the class of cheese that my lovely wife calls 'stinky cheese'. She claims it's 'spoiled'.

I just look at her and shake my head. The poor dear.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:33 AM (LsEU/)

67 $45 million yacht burns.

https://bit.ly/3phZSOE

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 09:33 AM (FVME7)

68 April @ 56-
I gotta get $92/hour at a minimum.

Posted by: Eromero at August 13, 2022 09:34 AM (dtj4g)

69 Man, the left is losing what little marbles they had remaining over this raid.

They have been so wrapped up for so long that Trump is guilty of ... something, there is nothing that will convince them otherwise.

As mentioned, pray for Trump and his family.

Evil never does half measures or gives up

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 13, 2022 09:35 AM (OO5v+)

70 Texas megachurch votes to leave United Methodist Church because of the denomination's debate on same-sex marriage

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 09:31 AM (FVME7)
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It's weird how quickly the "reformers" moved to have ALL sexual morality removed from Christianity.

No scriptural basis, just all about the feelz (and of course enabling perversion).

I get the sense that a lot of these wokes don't believe their dogma so much as want to rub the noses of doctrinally faithful Christians in their blasphemy and desecration.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:36 AM (llXky)

71 33 I saw yesterday that an Anglican bishopress has declared that Holy Scripture teaches us that women have absolute control over their bodies, so killing that baby is perfectly okay.

She's also a lesbian and her bio said she was raised RC but left when should couldn't be ordained. Serious failure for the catechists there.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:21 AM (llXky)
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All you had to say up front was 'lesbian Anglican bishopESS' and I wouldn't have had to read any further and without regurgitating breakfast.

Posted by: Ciampino - I don't understand what happened to the Anglicans at August 13, 2022 09:36 AM (qfLjt)

72 Ha, Eromero, right? I know I sounded like Sarah right there, but I'm not even sure the CEO makes 92/hr.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 13, 2022 09:36 AM (OX9vb)

73 A few weeks ago, someone mentioned that Empire 1/Ann Wilson was ill. Does anyone know if she has recovered, or what her status is? I continue to pray for her, also.
Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 13, 2022 09:09 AM (OX9vb)

Perhaps Nurse Ratchet is the requester? If so, Ann is still on the prayer list.

Posted by: Lola at August 13, 2022 09:37 AM (NIYa7)

74 Carried over from the last thread:

Removing the pancreas is not the treatment for pancreatitis. The pancreas is a gland with dual functions. The exocrine pancreas produces enzymes to help digest food, and these enzymes are excreted, trickling down the pancreatic duct and into the small intestine. The endocrine function produces insulin (via a complex feedback loop based on blood sugar levels) which is excreted into the bloodstream. Removing the entire pancreas would instantly give you diabetes, not to mention preventing you from digesting many foods.

Thus endeth your anatomy and physiology lesson for today.
Posted by: Muldoon

And the hip bone is connected to da leg bone.....

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 09:37 AM (T4tVD)

75 Good morning dear morons and thanks mh

DangerGirl asked for prayers for a health challenge

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2022 09:37 AM (EZebt)

76 Roasting a nice Honduran bean this morning. This particular variety is best at City+.

Ran a Yemen SO through the French press this morning, to get me motivated to clean out the gutters and then help stabilize the neighbor's dock (somebody has to get wet)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 13, 2022 09:37 AM (3hSHB)

77 Fun China Fact: the bloodiest war of the 19th Century was caused when a failed scholar-bureaucrat came across an imperfectly translated Protestant tract and decided he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ.

At least 30 million people died in the subsequent Taiping Rebellion.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:38 AM (llXky)

78 Removing the entire pancreas would instantly give you diabetes, not to mention preventing you from digesting many foods.
Posted by: Muldoon

Now you tell me...

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 13, 2022 09:38 AM (g1EEm)

79 I saw yesterday that an Anglican bishopress has declared that Holy Scripture teaches us that women have absolute control over their bodies, so killing that baby is perfectly okay.

She's an idiot and the attitude is vile I do, however, have some sympathy for women who leave the RCC because they cannot be ordained, and yes, I quite understand the theology of ordination as it relates to men and the priesthood. However, I have had about three hours of sleep and am a bit irritable so I'll just say I'd probably feel like knocking someone's block off if I were an Episcopal Bishop and somebody called me "Bishopess" or a priest and someone called me "priestess" .Just deal with the issues if you need to with them. I don't care for it when people here tell me I'm a vile sinner because I am ordained. They're not going to come to my church. Obviously I'm a sinner in need of God's grace. I confess my sins and ask for pardon everyday but if God wants to damn me when I believe in my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord an and have been doing so for over 25 years, than I'd rather NOT believe in that God and you will not convince me I am wrong.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:38 AM (wvo9L)

80 Have we heard anything from/about Ann Wilson, The Rosary Lady ?

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 09:39 AM (T4tVD)

81 hiya

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 09:39 AM (T4tVD)

82 All you had to say up front was 'lesbian Anglican bishopESS' and I wouldn't have had to read any further and without regurgitating breakfast.

Posted by: Ciampino - I don't understand what happened to the Anglicans at August 13, 2022 09:36 AM (qfLjt)
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Was it rage or laughter?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:39 AM (llXky)

83 Ann B has more memes:
https://is.gd/Nb3Sh4

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 13, 2022 09:39 AM (llON8)

84 Thus endeth your anatomy and physiology lesson for today.
Posted by: Muldoon

I got confused. Forgive me. I was asking because my organist was wondering what the pain was and yes, she is having a CAT scan next week. I will never mention any medical thing here again unless it's for prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:40 AM (wvo9L)

85 And the hip bone is connected to da leg bone.....
Posted by: JT

******

Well, technically speaking that is not true. Would you like me to elaborate?

Horde (in unison): NOOOOOoooooo!!

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 09:40 AM (kXYt5)

86 67 $45 million yacht burns.

https://bit.ly/3phZSOE

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 09:33 AM (FVME7)
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Was it an electric yacht? With a lithium battery, solar power or a wind-up key?

Posted by: Ciampino - Hmm, boat, wind, sail, idea at August 13, 2022 09:41 AM (qfLjt)

87 Salty, public smishing is back!

*smishes*
Posted by: All Hail Eris

(Sniffs armpits) Shrugs....

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 09:41 AM (T4tVD)

88 I was just reading about this ridiculous new IRS army Biden wants to hire. CBO says the agents are primarily going after households making less than $100K per year. The WH says only households making $400K and above.

I believe in the power of "and".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2022 09:42 AM (qWNIQ)

89 will never mention any medical thing here again unless it's for prayer.

*******

And I will never mention any prayer thing here again unless it's for medicine.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 09:42 AM (kXYt5)

90 And the hip bone is connected to da leg bone.....
Posted by: JT

******

Well, technically speaking that is not true. Would you like me to elaborate?

Horde (in unison): NOOOOOoooooo!!
Posted by: Muldoon

LOL !!!

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 09:42 AM (T4tVD)

91 And believe or not, there are women actually married-to men-who are ordained-according to their rite-in the Anglican/Episcopal Church who are NOT lesbians.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:43 AM (wvo9L)

92 At least 30 million people died in the subsequent Taiping Rebellion.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Interesting. I wonder if this contributed to the persecution of Christians in China. We have a lot of Chinese Christian immigrants in my neighborhood. They're essentially religious refugees.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 13, 2022 09:44 AM (g1EEm)

93 Pants are not required, are they?
Posted by: fluffy at August 13, 2022 09:25 AM (UnQlg)

Ummmmmmmmm.....No.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 13, 2022 09:44 AM (R/m4+)

94 Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 09:42 AM (kXYt5)

I don't understand, but whatever.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:44 AM (wvo9L)

95 Fun China Fact: the bloodiest war of the 19th Century was caused when a failed scholar-bureaucrat came across an imperfectly translated Protestant tract and decided he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ.

At least 30 million people died in the subsequent Taiping Rebellion.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

This is why we need to burn books.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 09:44 AM (FVME7)

96 Well, technically speaking that is not true. Would you like me to elaborate?
Horde (in unison): NOOOOOoooooo!!
Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 09:40 AM (kXYt5)

Only if you can do it in a limerick.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 13, 2022 09:44 AM (qH6FZ)

97 >>> 91 And believe or not, there are women actually married-to men-who are ordained-according to their rite-in the Anglican/Episcopal Church who are NOT lesbians.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:43 AM (wvo9L)

How do you know they're women and men? Are you a biologist?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 13, 2022 09:44 AM (llON8)

98 AoSHQ is where I "stop and smell the newses" every morning. Then I quickly move on to the roses, since they usually smell a lot better!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 13, 2022 09:45 AM (peWy1)

99 74 And the hip bone is connected to da leg bone.....

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 09:37 AM (T4tVD)
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funny guy .... wait .... funny bone?

Posted by: Ciampino - he put the left leg in .... at August 13, 2022 09:45 AM (qfLjt)

100 However, I have had about three hours of sleep

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:38 AM (wvo9L)
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Sorry to hear that. Get some rest, Fen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:46 AM (llXky)

101 Only if you can do it in a limerick.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 13, 2022 09:44 AM (qH6FZ)

Muldoon seems to be able to explain anything in a limerick.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:46 AM (wvo9L)

102 Only if you can do it in a limerick.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 13, 2022 09:44 AM

Now you've done it....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 13, 2022 09:46 AM (RkC6l)

103 70. You must take part in their neopagan rituals! I hate these people

Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 09:47 AM (VuQO/)

104 I was not offering up a personal criticism, merely trying to avoid misconceptions among the general readership. I woke up in Cliff Clavin mode this morning. I'll shut up now and sip my coffee. No more amusing antidotes.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 09:48 AM (kXYt5)

105 Fun China Fact: the bloodiest war of the 19th Century was caused when a failed scholar-bureaucrat came across an imperfectly translated Protestant tract and decided he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ.

At least 30 million people died in the subsequent Taiping Rebellion.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Sire, it is said that the tapirs are revolting. Seed dispersers!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2022 09:48 AM (4I/2K)

106 NOT Unlike my soul, black and bitter.

One Time Pads

https://youtu.be/MzwpmbIWUNc

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 09:48 AM (U3uv2)

107 > $45 million yacht burns.
__________

Did Bezos ever get his yacht out of the dock? There was a bridge in the way or something...

I was hoping the burning yacht was his.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 13, 2022 09:49 AM (BFigT)

108 "Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:38 AM (wvo9L"

God calls all of us to serve him in some way. Those who answer that call, find a way on the path he gives us. Clowns like me try to ignore that call until He finds a way to get your attention.

The church is Jesus Christ, and to serve that "church" we serve him. Period. While doctrines can be different, that doctrine must be rooted in the Word. It's one thing that's if you want to quibble intellectually and textually over formalities and execution of church duties. It's quite another if you want to pretend to preach his Word in apostasy. There is unfortunately a lot of the latter, and leading people astray to suite your personal social predilections by corrupting His Word is a rather egregious action in my estimation. But that's ultimately for God to decide. YMMV

Posted by: Marcus T at August 13, 2022 09:49 AM (ZeDNp)

109 Texas megachurch votes to leave United Methodist Church because of the denomination's debate on same-sex marriage
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A drop of sanity in an ocean of crazy /stupid.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 09:31 AM (FVME7)

Methodists prided themselves on being open minded on everything, and hip and cool and accepting.

I don't think it helped.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2022 09:49 AM (xhaym)

110 Have a good day everyone. I'm sorry if I offended anyone with my ignorant questions or irritability. I need to NOT be on the "Wall of Shame" if I can avoid it so that's it for today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:49 AM (wvo9L)

111 Muldoon-

Where does ear wax come from ?

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 09:50 AM (T4tVD)

112 Interestingly, in English the trend has been to drop the feminine versions of occupations, like the word actress. In Italian, occupations retain the feminine and masculine versions in daily speech, like professor professoressa. I think the -ess ending has a nice bit of onomatopoeia by softening the word.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 13, 2022 09:50 AM (Spr0s)

113 However, I have had about three hours of sleep

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:38 AM (wvo9L)
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Sorry to hear that. Get some rest, Fen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:46 AM (llXky)

Ditto. May FenSpouse do something especially thoughtful and comforting for you today.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2022 09:50 AM (4I/2K)

114 Interesting. I wonder if this contributed to the persecution of Christians in China. We have a lot of Chinese Christian immigrants in my neighborhood. They're essentially religious refugees.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at August 13, 2022 09:44 AM (g1EEm)
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Christianity is so far from traditional Confucian teachings that it's a big problem. When the Jesuits got there, they tried to figure out a way to translate the Bible into Mandarin but there was no easy way to do it because the concepts do not exist in the Chinese characters, which represent concepts rather than specific words.

(This is why China can have so many languages using the same characters - they can read the same things, but can't talk to one another.)

The Jesuits wanted to bend things a bit and use Chinese concepts but everyone else was "oh hell no!" and it was a big dispute until the Jesuits were suppressed (which needs to happen again, btw).

The prevailing view was that it was easier to teach the Chinese Latin, because then they'd learn the new words and concepts at the same time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:50 AM (llXky)

115 Off to seize the day. Stay sexy, my pretty Hordelings!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 13, 2022 09:50 AM (dgNEb)

116 I'll shut up now and sip my coffee. No more amusing antidotes.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 09:48 AM (kXYt5)

I have donuts. I'll listen to amusing anecdotes. Perhaps even not so amusing anecdotes.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 09:50 AM (U3uv2)

117 Good morning, MisHum, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at August 13, 2022 09:51 AM (df2dj)

118 Off to seize the day. Stay sexy, my pretty Hordelings!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 13, 2022 09:50 AM (dgNEb)

*dons face colander*

Ready to sieve the day.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 09:51 AM (U3uv2)

119 I have donuts. I'll listen to amusing anecdotes. Perhaps even not so amusing anecdotes.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur

I caught a Northern Pike in my underwear.

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 09:52 AM (T4tVD)

120
Methodists prided themselves on being open minded on everything, and hip and cool and accepting.

I don't think it helped.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2022 09:49 AM (xhaym)
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But they didn't. They were originally about seeking true holiness, which is why they were prohibited from smoking, drinking and swearing.

My grandparents lived that faith all their lives but then the whole gay thing became a thing and they were basically driven out of their congregation.

Because of tolerance.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:52 AM (llXky)

121 Removing the pancreas is not the treatment for pancreatitis.
Thus endeth your anatomy and physiology lesson for today.
Posted by: Muldoon

My godson has been in the hospital since Monday with pancreatitis. He's not getting better, on the contrary. Last night his gastroenterologist came off the top turnbuckle on him blaming his drinking and diet for this. Told him he has another patient in the same situation who will probably die. That strikes me as a very poor bedside manner. I asked his wife if the doc was bigger than me because I'd sure like to teach him to keep a civil tongue in his head.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 09:52 AM (20SKS)

122 California Department of Education advocates books promoting gender transitions to kindergartners

They are trying to drive more people out of CA.

Posted by: vic /s at August 13, 2022 06:02 AM (mZwKe)

Yes, this is another reason I'm glad I left Cali, but all this crap feels like the blob beginning to take over everything. It's hard to escape even in places other than Cali. WTF is happening with the world?

Posted by: InZona (formerly InCali) at August 13, 2022 09:52 AM (ep37o)

123 I was hoping the burning yacht was his.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 13, 2022 09:49 AM (BFigT)

With him trapped in it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 13, 2022 09:52 AM (W/9Bb)

124 "Hadi Matar" Identified as Suspect in Stabbing of Islam Critic Salman Rushdie

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Shouldn't that be Madi Hater?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 09:53 AM (FVME7)

125 Have a good day everyone. I'm sorry if I offended anyone with my ignorant questions or irritability. I need to NOT be on the "Wall of Shame" if I can avoid it so that's it for today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:49 AM (wvo9L)

You need healthy restful sleep. Or Fight Club.

Get some rest.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 09:53 AM (U3uv2)

126 I don't care if the yacht burns. I hope all the mega yachts burn, and the private jets too. If we have to worry about our little cars and homes ruining the fucking planet. Let the rich suffer mightily. Ban their 10,000 sq ft houses, too. I hope it wasn't insured

Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 09:53 AM (VuQO/)

127 Fen, have a good day, I hope you find energy and joy today. We love ya.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 13, 2022 09:53 AM (OX9vb)

128 82
Was it rage or laughter?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:39 AM (llXky)
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A bit of both. I consider those Anglicans (as opposed to the many traditional Anglican churches in Africa) more as members of a cartoon-like denomination, to be laughed at and scorned for their pretenses. Anger at their perversion of the Book.

Posted by: Ciampino - biggest sin is perverting and misleading the children at August 13, 2022 09:53 AM (qfLjt)

129
I caught a Northern Pike in my underwear.
Posted by: JT

Obligatory:

What was a Northern Pike doing in your underwear?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:53 AM (BxH25)

130 If anyone sees Guy Mowhawk today, wish him a happy birthday.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2022 09:54 AM (nyNes)

131 All I know is the smoke-bone is connected to the drink-bone and I smell like an ashtray and got a hangover.

LOL. Not really. Did neither last night.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 13, 2022 09:54 AM (JVCkA)

132 Interestingly, in English the trend has been to drop the feminine versions of occupations, like the word actress. In Italian, occupations retain the feminine and masculine versions in daily speech, like professor professoressa. I think the -ess ending has a nice bit of onomatopoeia by softening the word.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 13, 2022 09:50 AM (Spr0s)
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That is why I still use them, particularly in a religious context.

If "bishopress" sounds ridiculous, it is because it is. Using the gendered term highlights the problem, which is of course forbidden. We're supposed to pretend all these changes aren't changes and are normal.

Similarly, "priestess" accurately describes a female priest. Why run from it?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:55 AM (llXky)

133 I get the sense that a lot of these wokes don't believe their dogma so much as want to rub the noses of doctrinally faithful Christians in their blasphemy and desecration.
=====

What's the point of being all cool and rebellious and woke unless you have something to rebel against? What is the point of a 'black mass' unless there is a mass.

Rebels need a cause.

Posted by: mustbequantum at August 13, 2022 09:55 AM (MIKMs)

134 Posted by: FenelonSpoke

You need healthy restful sleep. Or Fight Club.

Get some rest.
Posted by: Comrade flounder

With who her Second is, no thanks.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2022 09:55 AM (nyNes)

135 114 Yup. The Jesuits of today bear no resemblance to the saints and scientists of their glory days.

Posted by: callsign claymore at August 13, 2022 09:56 AM (df2dj)

136 I caught a Northern Pike in my underwear.
Posted by: JT

Obligatory:

What was a Northern Pike doing in your underwear?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:53 AM (BxH25)

Looking for some action, obviously.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 09:56 AM (U3uv2)

137 White House Doubles Down on "Zero Inflation" Lie

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Well, at least he didn't claim to be the younger brother of Jesus.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 09:57 AM (FVME7)

138 And believe or not, there are women actually married-to men-who are ordained-according to their rite-in the Anglican/Episcopal Church who are NOT lesbians.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

We had a pastor that swam the Tiber to become a Lutheran so she could clergy. She was full of Grrl power and didn't last long. She was also the sister of my dad's old business partner, coincidently.

Before her, we had a female interim who told Mrs Blutarski she forgave her for being Republican. Yeesh, that's big of her.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 09:57 AM (20SKS)

139 With who her Second is, no thanks.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2022 09:55 AM (nyNes)

lol

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 09:57 AM (U3uv2)

140 My godson has been in the hospital since Monday with pancreatitis. He's not getting better, on the contrary. Last night his gastroenterologist came off the top turnbuckle on him blaming his drinking and diet for this.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 09:52 AM (20SKS)
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My wife has this condition and while you may not want to hear it, diet control is essential. She's had to give up a lot of foods that she loved and if she 'slips', she pays for it with a great deal of pain.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:57 AM (llXky)

141 Only if you can do it in a limerick.
Posted by: lowandslow

*******

You Made Me Do It - a limerick

My facts re: gross anatomy are numerous
(It's prob'ly 'cause my brain is rather tumorous)
Here's one that's little known:
A person's funny bone
Is directly connected to his humerus!

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 09:57 AM (kXYt5)

142 Oh, good. I see it's started. This is not a flounce. I'm just tired and fed up and am leaving for today, I have told people for 12 FREAKING YEARS or more here I do not debate this. What do you not understand about the fact that you will not change my mind I am going to go to church tomorrow, preach on Lamentations 3 despite overwhelming troubles of Jeremiah and his people, and the faithfulness of God and love my congregation and pray with them. God can stop me if He choses to do so, but you won't. Maybe we could concentrate on the things which unite us?.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:57 AM (wvo9L)

143 The Jesuits of today bear no resemblance to the saints and scientists of their glory days.
Posted by: callsign claymore

Well that's just gay.

And it's fabulous!!

*Jazz hands*

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:57 AM (BxH25)

144 "until the Jesuits were suppressed (which needs to happen again, btw)."

A lovely sentiment.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 13, 2022 09:58 AM (JVCkA)

145 Did Bezos ever get his yacht out of the dock? There was a bridge in the way or something...

Saw a story where he was able to get it under the bridge without having to move it. Ever. He was just a dick.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2022 09:58 AM (nyNes)

146 Today is the last day of dog-sitting for my daughter's border collie puppy. Ten days of chaos and jumping and nipping and chaos. I just want to drink my coffee and read the coffee thread. But no. Jumping and nipping and chaos. I can't wait for tomorrow.

Maybe I should have posted this on the Pet Thread. But who knows if I'll still be alive then.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 09:58 AM (45fpk)

147 If "bishopress" sounds ridiculous, it is because it is.

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Maybe she-bishop.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 09:59 AM (FVME7)

148 We had a pastor that swam the Tiber to become a Lutheran so she could clergy. She was full of Grrl power and didn't last long. She was also the sister of my dad's old business partner, coincidently.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 09:57 AM (20SKS)
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I'd always taken the term "swam the Tiber" to mean converting to Catholicism, not leaving it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:59 AM (llXky)

149 The prevailing view was that it was easier to teach the Chinese Latin, because then they'd learn the new words and concepts at the same time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:50 AM (llXky)

Some Nationalist government minister wrote that they thought if they wanted to manufacture Western goods they would have to study Western science, and discovered that they would have to understand Western Cosmology and philosophy to understand the science. This was too much of a change to in the culture to accept, so every attempt to modernize was blocked.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2022 10:00 AM (xhaym)

150 My wife has this condition and while you may not want to hear it, diet control is essential. She's had to give up a lot of foods that she loved and if she 'slips', she pays for it with a great deal of pain.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Yes, his wife (who is a veterinary surgeon) told me he's going to need to change a lot of his lifestyle. He's only 36.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:00 AM (20SKS)

151 111 Muldoon-

Where does ear wax come from ?

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 09:50 AM (T4tVD)
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Hmm, the ear?

(LOL. sorry couldn't help it.) I imagine modified sweat glands. It is supposed to keep insects out.

Posted by: Ciampino - did you see the Mythbusters' earwax candle? at August 13, 2022 10:00 AM (qfLjt)

152 If "bishopress" sounds ridiculous, it is because it is.

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Maybe she-bishop.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Bishopette?

Just spitballing here.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 10:01 AM (BxH25)

153 Fauci Mocked for Saying He Symbolizes Consistency, Integrity, and Truth

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He's Jesus' older brother.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 10:01 AM (FVME7)

154 Oh, yes, I have never told anyone about "girl power" and ordination. Girl power had nothing to do with me being ordained; It was a response to a call of love. I have also never challenged anyone on their voter identification of being Republican. Maybe all women ministers are not the same?. But carry on.

But I am sorry about your nephew, Blutarkski . Prayers continue.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 10:01 AM (wvo9L)

155 I'd always taken the term "swam the Tiber" to mean converting to Catholicism, not leaving it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I agree, but in this case I figured they can swim both ways. Unlike Mexicans who can only swim north.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:01 AM (20SKS)

156 I'd always taken the term "swam the Tiber" to mean converting to Catholicism, not leaving it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 09:59 AM (llXky)

I thought it was something like "escaping the Carabinieri"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2022 10:01 AM (xhaym)

157 I agree, but in this case I figured they can swim both ways. Unlike Mexicans who can only swim north.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:01 AM (20SKS)

Perhaps they are magnetically attracted.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 10:02 AM (U3uv2)

158 Thus endeth your anatomy and physiology lesson for today.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 09:31 AM (kXYt5)

If they take out the appendix, you take out the entire small bowel!

Thus ended the lesson!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 13, 2022 10:03 AM (BRHaw)

159 Muldoon-

Where does ear wax come from ?
Posted by: JT

*********

Well, technically it is a mixture of sebaceous oils and dead skin cells, not wax. Would you like me to elaborate?

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 10:03 AM (kXYt5)

160
Some Nationalist government minister wrote that they thought if they wanted to manufacture Western goods they would have to study Western science, and discovered that they would have to understand Western Cosmology and philosophy to understand the science. This was too much of a change to in the culture to accept, so every attempt to modernize was blocked.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2022 10:00 AM (xhaym)
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The first push was under the Ch'ing Dynasty, and that's also where resistance was felt.

The Nationalists were fine with Christianity. Sun Yat-sen was a Baptist and Chiang Kai-shek converted. Madame Chiang was raised Christian.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:03 AM (llXky)

161 Maybe she-bishop.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Bishopette?
Just spitballing here.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 10:01 AM (BxH25)

How can a woman bishop truly fulfill the duties and all unspoken implications of a Bishopric?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2022 10:03 AM (xhaym)

162 Wasn't coming after you, Fen. Just sharing my limited experience. Sorry if I came across as aggressive.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:03 AM (20SKS)

163 Marvel’s “Ironheart” Disney Plus Series Casts Transgender And Non-binary Actor Zoe Terakes In “Key Role”

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Ahh. The Liz Cheney version of how to win friends and influence people aka doubling down on stupid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 10:03 AM (FVME7)

164 Q: Why the raid on Mar-a-lago?
A: So they can arrest Trump.
Q: Why arrest Trump?
A: So that he can be Epsteined.
Q: Wouldn't that create a martyr?
A: The left doesn't care, they have semi-plausible deniability. They know we'll do nothing if there is some doubt about how he died, and the message will have been sent - resist and die. Game over.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at August 13, 2022 10:03 AM (CecP5)

165 Well, technically it is a mixture of sebaceous oils and dead skin cells, not wax. Would you like me to elaborate?
Posted by: Muldoon

Please go on - wax eloquent - if you will.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 10:04 AM (BxH25)

166
Hmm, the ear?

(LOL. sorry couldn't help it.) I imagine modified sweat glands. It is supposed to keep insects out.
Posted by: Ciampino - did you see the Mythbusters' earwax candle?

"Waiter - there's a fly in my soup !"

"Well it didn't come from my ear....here...feel the wax..."

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:04 AM (T4tVD)

167
Did Bezos ever get his yacht out of the dock? There was a bridge in the way or something...

I was hoping the burning yacht was his.

That little thing? Yes, it's mine, but that's the dinghy we tow behind if we want to go into town.

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at August 13, 2022 10:04 AM (/NCI4)

168 I agree, but in this case I figured they can swim both ways. Unlike Mexicans who can only swim north.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:01 AM (20SKS)
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No, if talking about a Catholic leaving the faith, its "apostasy" (at least from the Catholic point of view).

Converting to Eastern Orthodox is "swimming in the Bosphorus."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:05 AM (llXky)

169 Well, technically it is a mixture of sebaceous oils and dead skin cells, not wax. Would you like me to elaborate?
Posted by: Muldoon

Please go on - wax eloquent - if you will.
Posted by: Tonypete

EWWWWWWW!

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:06 AM (T4tVD)

170 Pancreatitis sucks.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 10:06 AM (kXYt5)

171 No, if talking about a Catholic leaving the faith, its "apostasy" (at least from the Catholic point of view).

Converting to Eastern Orthodox is "swimming in the Bosphorus."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:05 AM (llXky)
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Where does that leave "swimming the English Channel"?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2022 10:07 AM (aaGzp)

172 Alec Baldwin "Rust" Deadly Shooting Investigation Moves Forward As Forensic Reports Completed

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Boy, they're investigating lightning fast.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 10:07 AM (FVME7)

173
Why do people who prove their lack of integrity always claim they have so much?

I don't have integrity, all I have is an opinion. Once someone dies, then you can bestow that title upon them, as in, "He was a man of integrity."

Self proclamations of integrity make me want to count the silverware.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 13, 2022 10:07 AM (jE276)

174 How did dead skin cells get in my ear ?

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:07 AM (T4tVD)

175 wax eloquent -
Posted by: Tonypete

*******

Heh!

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 10:07 AM (kXYt5)

176 So it's ripe Gorgonzola. Yummy.
Posted by: Ciampino

Ah, a member of the class of cheese that my lovely wife calls 'stinky cheese'. She claims it's 'spoiled'.

I just look at her and shake my head. The poor dear.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 09:33 AM (LsEU/)

I had Gorgonzola once, melted over a nice butterflied filet. Delicious. Later, wife said she could smell it coming out of my pores.

No more for me.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 10:08 AM (U3uv2)

177 No, if talking about a Catholic leaving the faith, its "apostasy" (at least from the Catholic point of view).

Converting to Eastern Orthodox is "swimming in the Bosphorus."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

We need a good term for leaving the RCC for a reformed church. Maybe something to do with a covered dish?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:08 AM (20SKS)

178 How did dead skin cells get in my ear ?

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:07 AM (T4tVD)

Pretty sure it was gnomes.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 10:08 AM (U3uv2)

179 No, if talking about a Catholic leaving the faith, its "apostasy" (at least from the Catholic point of view).

When I married Rev, naturally I began going to his church. Coming from a Baptist/Non-Denominational background, I was quite interested on a flyer posted on the bulletin board. It told me plainly that if I was not a Lutheran, I was a heretic. I was displeased.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 10:08 AM (45fpk)

180 Cerumen and catechism. Take your pick.

Must be Saturday

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 10:09 AM (kXYt5)

181 All I know is the smoke-bone is connected to the drink-bone and I smell like an ashtray and got a hangover.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 13, 2022 09:54 AM (JVCkA)

Wasn't that a line by Tom Poston from that silly "Cold Turkey" made for TV movie? Dick van Dyke as the town pastor and Bob Newhart as the evil cigarette advertiser?

Posted by: InZona (formerly InCali) at August 13, 2022 10:09 AM (ep37o)

182 Denver Broncos And Dallas Cowboys Players Engage In Multiple Fights During Joint Practice

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Retard Superbowl?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 10:09 AM (FVME7)

183 We need a good term for leaving the RCC for a reformed church. Maybe something to do with a covered dish?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:08 AM (20SKS)
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Baking the casserole?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2022 10:09 AM (aaGzp)

184 I was just reading about this ridiculous new IRS army Biden wants to hire. CBO says the agents are primarily going after households making less than $100K per year. The WH says only households making $400K and above.

Future legislation can gut the IRS and even abolish it. This is what this junta, Right Now, wants to do.

I can't even imagine the difficulty they will have in finding people with sufficient qualifications to do the gig. Not all will be auditors, government bureaucracy is what it is with all of the dysfunctions and pathologies that tend to crush the organization under its own weight.

Think of this is a warehouse for putting on the payroll people who are otherwise unemployable. There just aren't enough managers, accountants, lawyers and admin staff out in the wild to hold these positions.

Also, do you really want an IRS as a friend or neighbor? You come home with a new car and your neighbor takes the coveting to the next level and is wondering how to deprive you of that through audits and inquiries. At least that is what is going to be going through a person's mind. Only sociopaths, debt-collection types...

Posted by: Reuben Hick at August 13, 2022 10:10 AM (3hSHB)

185 Pancreatitis sucks.
Posted by: Muldoon

Does drinking really affect the pancreas? I've never heard that. Just the liver.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:10 AM (20SKS)

186 God can stop me if He choses to do so, but you won't. Maybe we could concentrate on the things which unite us?.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2022 09:57 AM (wvo9L)
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No one is stopping you from doing anything. You are free to live your faith and I respect you for that. I don't think you can find a single unkind thing I have ever written about you.

What I am doing is applying the rules of my faith and when a woman lays claim to the title of bishop or priest, I cannot acknowledge it as legitimate and I will use the appropriate gendered term.

And yes, I do take particular umbrage when women do it using the trappings of my faith.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:10 AM (llXky)

187 When I married Rev, naturally I began going to his church. Coming from a Baptist/Non-Denominational background, I was quite interested on a flyer posted on the bulletin board. It told me plainly that if I was not a Lutheran, I was a heretic. I was displeased.
Posted by: grammie winger

At least they didn't call you a himatic.....

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:10 AM (T4tVD)

188 We need a good term for leaving the RCC for a reformed church. Maybe something to do with a covered dish?
Posted by: Blutarski

Casserole affirming ?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 10:10 AM (BxH25)

189 Does drinking really affect the pancreas? I've never heard that. Just the liver.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:10 AM (20SKS)
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Very much so. My wife can only sip drinks now. She has to stop well before the point of inebriation or she will cause an attack.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:11 AM (llXky)

190 Good day, Horde.

Prayers for all those on the list and not. And for our nation and our world.

MiladyJo's health has improved a bit, but there's still good reason to pray for longstanding problems. She's been doing amazing work walking our new doggie. So good for both of them.

Daughter and her husband are still trying to conceive. Wonderful kids who would make great parents.

SonM in town could use better health (he's been changing for the better). Also just changed jobs. Helps us out now and then on taking care of the place.

SonC, his wife, and their two under-5yo children continue to refuse our calls, texts, emails. Haven't seen or heard from them since Mom's funeral. SonC was drifting away since back in college days, before his first marriage. Pray the Spirit of Truth reach them both. MiladyJo dearly misses her son -- but especially we don't get to see our grandbabies.

We have so much good in our lives, but the bad truly hurts.

Posted by: mindful webworker - family matters at August 13, 2022 10:11 AM (e8pLC)

191 Casserole affirming ?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 10:10 AM (BxH25)
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"She chose to mold the jello..."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:12 AM (llXky)

192 https://youtu.be/9FBUgdhxe9M

Take Me To The River by Al Green
(Big Mouth Billy Bass free)

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2022 10:12 AM (4I/2K)

193 and the message will have been sent - resist and die. Game over.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at August 13, 2022 10:03 AM (CecP5)

A population with nothing left to lose? I believe that they are miscalculating. The facade of representative government is the only thing propping up the failed oligarchy. Once that's gone?

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 10:12 AM (U3uv2)

194 A little research...the yacht was the 45-meter (not $million) Aria SF, which burned. It was only delivered a month ago. Owner is Paolo Scuderi, chairman of "The Adler Group", He's a half-billionaire.

These things seem to be built for tooling around the Mediterranean, and there are a few hundred yachts of this size.

It didn't burn to the bottom of the sea, no deaths or injuries.

Posted by: t-bird at August 13, 2022 10:13 AM (Jg92y)

195 Thanks for the prayer list.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 13, 2022 10:13 AM (5pTK/)

196 We have so much good in our lives, but the bad truly hurts.
Posted by: mindful webworker - family matters

Ugh. What a mess - big hugs from here.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 10:14 AM (BxH25)

197 Future legislation can gut the IRS and even abolish it.

..

Right after we repeal Obamacare, boss!

Posted by: Gope Leadership at August 13, 2022 10:14 AM (9FBGz)

198 *checks in, looks around, decides to move on*

Posted by: Worshipper of Moloch at August 13, 2022 10:14 AM (/NCI4)

199
My experience with friends who became accounting majors is that the IRS is a good 'first step' job before joining an accounting firm. It looks very good on a resume.

The turnover must be pretty terrific at the IRS. Put a couple years in, then bye-bye.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 13, 2022 10:14 AM (jE276)

200 I had my coffee and started work in the yard. Had a fall and now I’m indoors reading the comments. Life is full of suprises.

Posted by: 4thewin at August 13, 2022 10:14 AM (bMVfY)

201 Very much so. My wife can only sip drinks now. She has to stop well before the point of inebriation or she will cause an attack.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

So, THAT'S what caused Pearl Harbor !

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:15 AM (T4tVD)

202 Had a fall and now I’m indoors reading the comments. Life is full of suprises.

Posted by: 4thewin at August 13, 2022 10:14 AM (bMVfY)

Ouch! Are you okay?

Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 10:15 AM (45fpk)

203 Interesting article by (believe it or not) Rich Lowry this morning in the NY Post. It might be time to consider whether Merrick Garland is simply an idiot and the Mar A Lago raid was a catastrophic blunder. I especially like the line about the congressional interns at the bar down the street from the DOJ.

https://tinyurl.com/yc55wjae

Posted by: Caliban at August 13, 2022 10:15 AM (HgGBT)

204 Posted by: 4thewin at August 13, 2022 10:14 AM (bMVfY)

Are you okay?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 13, 2022 10:16 AM (nC+QA)

205 Wasn't that a line by Tom Poston from that silly "Cold Turkey" made for TV movie? Dick van Dyke as the town pastor and Bob Newhart as the evil cigarette advertiser?

The first part was.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 13, 2022 10:16 AM (JVCkA)

206 When I married Rev, naturally I began going to his church. Coming from a Baptist/Non-Denominational background, I was quite interested on a flyer posted on the bulletin board. It told me plainly that if I was not a Lutheran, I was a heretic. I was displeased.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 10:08 AM (45fpk)
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Which branch of Lutheran?

On my "faith journey" I was attending Wisconsin Synod services for a couple of years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:16 AM (llXky)

207 Does drinking really affect the pancreas? I've never heard that. Just the liver.
Posted by: Blutarski,

*******

Getting a little out of my field, but the short answer is yes. Not sure if there is a certain level or time course of alcohol intake that matters but would guess longer duration and larger amounts are relevant

I think the key question in my mind is whether the pancreatitis is acute or chronic. Acute form is more likely to resolve, and may or may not require dietary changes as an ongoing measure.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 10:17 AM (kXYt5)

208 104 I was not offering up a personal criticism, merely trying to avoid misconceptions among the general readership. I woke up in Cliff Clavin mode this morning. I'll shut up now and sip my coffee. No more amusing antidotes.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 09:48 AM

I got it and LOL'ed.

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 13, 2022 10:17 AM (rbKZ6)

209 One year ago today, Daughter took her grandmother, my 101yo mom, out for a nice lunch at a favorite restaurant. When they got home, Mom fell in the bathroom and broke her hip.

Docs did a quick hip replacement, and we all expected her to begin recovery, with the help of her long-time hard-driving regular therapist who helped her stay in shape. Instead, I got a call from little sister at the hospital that "Mom has made her end-of-life decisions." In less than a week, Mom was dead. I had no input, control, or say on the situation. I could say more but I won't.

Prayers welcomed for -- those souls who need it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - family is sometimes most unfamilial at August 13, 2022 10:17 AM (e8pLC)

210 Kathleen J. Anderson: Washington Post Writes Incredible Fluff Piece Claiming Biden Held "Socratic Dialogues" With Scholars

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Riiiight.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 10:17 AM (FVME7)

211 > These things seem to be built for tooling around the Mediterranean, and there are a few hundred yachts of this size.
_____________

Just check out the marina at Monaco during the Formula 1 race.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 13, 2022 10:17 AM (BFigT)

212 >>It told me plainly that if I was not a Lutheran, I was a heretic. I was displeased.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 10:08 AM (45fpk)

There's way too much of that going around.

Posted by: Caliban at August 13, 2022 10:18 AM (HgGBT)

213 Hiya Moonbeam !

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:18 AM (T4tVD)

214 Which branch of Lutheran?

On my "faith journey" I was attending Wisconsin Synod services for a couple of years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:16 AM (llXky)

LCMS (Missouri Synod). LOL - Wisconsin Synod makes LCMS look like a bunch of party animals.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 10:18 AM (45fpk)

215 178 How did dead skin cells get in my ear ?

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:07 AM (T4tVD)

brain cells trying to escape

those are the ones that didn't make it

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:18 AM (us2H3)

216 112 Interestingly, in English the trend has been to drop the feminine versions of occupations, like the word actress. In Italian, occupations retain the feminine and masculine versions in daily speech, like professor professoressa. I think the -ess ending has a nice bit of onomatopoeia by softening the word.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 13, 2022 09:50 AM (Spr0s)
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I think the 'English trend' was the beginnings of the woke push to remove sex from everything. Women were feeling slighted by being termed actresses as they felt actors somehow were held to a higher esteem AND GOT PAID MORE! I can't think of elsewhere where the female gender term was sort of abolished. Airlines went from steward/stewardess to attendant.
Italian has it right. No surprise when the nurse tells the lady waiting for the gyno, that the dottore or dottoressa will be right along.
BTW it's professore. The ending 'e' is sometimes dropped when used as a title as in Professor Rossi but not for Professoressa Rossi. Love all those esses.

Posted by: Ciampino - I was a professore and dottore for a long time at August 13, 2022 10:19 AM (qfLjt)

217 Daughter and her husband are still trying to conceive.

I worked with a guy. Married late (relatively).

Doctor said "Don't do it so often."

Bingo.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 13, 2022 10:19 AM (JVCkA)

218 It told me plainly that if I was not a Lutheran, I was a heretic. I was displeased.
Posted by: grammie winger

He assumed your gender !

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:19 AM (T4tVD)

219 Prayers welcomed for -- those souls who need it.
Posted by: mindful webworker

Of course.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 10:19 AM (BxH25)

220 So, THAT'S what caused Pearl Harbor !

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:15 AM (T4tVD)
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Yep, the Germans were drinking too much.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:19 AM (llXky)

221 203 Garland is a totalitarian fuck. He's evil and calculated, enough of the " poor dumb ass" stuff.

Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 10:20 AM (VuQO/)

222 Not sure if there is a certain level or time course of alcohol intake that matters but would guess longer duration and larger amounts are relevant
Posted by: Muldoon

He drinks, but I don't think he's a problem drinker. His wife would never allow that and I've never really seen him out of control. His dad, however, is a lifelong high-functioning alcoholic. Maybe it's in the genes.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:20 AM (20SKS)

223 It might be time to consider whether Merrick Garland is simply an idiot and the Mar A Lago raid was a catastrophic blunder.

I made precisely that point the day it happened. Whatever his manifest faults as a legal person, he seems to be unable to think a step or two ahead.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 13, 2022 10:20 AM (/NCI4)

224 Yet, in the OT, a "prophetess" can be simple the wife of the prophet.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 13, 2022 10:20 AM (JVCkA)

225 207 Does drinking really affect the pancreas? I've never heard that. Just the liver.
Posted by: Blutarski,

drinking is really, really bad for humans

*putting dibs on everyone's stash*

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:21 AM (us2H3)

226 210 Kathleen J. Anderson: Washington Post Writes Incredible Fluff Piece Claiming Biden Held "Socratic Dialogues" With Scholars
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Riiiight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 10:17 AM (FVME7)

He asked a lot of questions.

Posted by: Caliban at August 13, 2022 10:21 AM (HgGBT)

227 We need a good term for leaving the RCC for a reformed church. Maybe something to do with a covered dish?
Posted by: Blutarski

Casserole affirming ?
Posted by: Tonypete

Could just say they went to the pot luck.

*I'm not RCC, and I don't think of the idea as multiple denominations being like a pot luck is a bad thing.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 13, 2022 10:21 AM (OX9vb)

228 I miss Chuy.

Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at August 13, 2022 10:21 AM (wY/cZ)

229 Kathleen J. Anderson: Washington Post Writes Incredible Fluff Piece Claiming Biden Held "Socratic Dialogues" With Scholars

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Riiiight.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 10:17 AM (FVME7)

Hahaha hahahaha

Posted by: N.L. Urker, at August 13, 2022 10:22 AM (eGTCV)

230 LCMS (Missouri Synod). LOL - Wisconsin Synod makes LCMS look like a bunch of party animals.
Posted by: grammie winger

Mine was the ELCA, the hippies. I did say 'was'.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:22 AM (20SKS)

231 Kathleen J. Anderson: Washington Post Writes Incredible Fluff Piece Claiming Biden Held "Socratic Dialogues" With Scholars

I'd give 3 to 1 odds he pronounces it So-Crates, like in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 13, 2022 10:22 AM (/NCI4)

232
LCMS (Missouri Synod). LOL - Wisconsin Synod makes LCMS look like a bunch of party animals.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 10:18 AM (45fpk)
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Because they are! Our Wing Chaplain is a Missouri Synod pastor and he's a great guy. Their services are very close to Catholic, even to the point of using wine for Communion, which is handled with reverence.

I've got a collection of dog tags that track my religious preference - "Non-Denom" then "Protestant" then "Lutheran" and finally "RC"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:23 AM (llXky)

233 'HIS Aunt'. Regardless, very much think you for Vicki's inclusion here. She seems to be doing all right, barring biopsies and so forth.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 10:23 AM (dNqv+)

234 223. I suspect he has thought quite a few steps ahead, and every step more malignant than the next.

Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 10:24 AM (VuQO/)

235 He drinks, but I don't think he's a problem drinker. His wife would never allow that and I've never really seen him out of control. His dad, however, is a lifelong high-functioning alcoholic. Maybe it's in the genes.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:20 AM (20SKS)
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Certain foods can be an issue and combined with alcohol it can cause problems.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:24 AM (llXky)

236 124 "Hadi Matar" Identified as Suspect in Stabbing of Islam Critic Salman Rushdie

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Shouldn't that be Madi Hater?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 09:53 AM (FVME7)
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That's clever and funny. It also leads to Alice in Wonderland's Mad Hatter.

Posted by: Ciampino - was the stabber after the reward money or the 72 virgins at August 13, 2022 10:24 AM (qfLjt)

237 I've got a collection of dog tags that track my religious preference - "Non-Denom" then "Protestant" then "Lutheran" and finally "RC"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:23 AM (llXky)

I've always admired the way you treasure your faith. It's very inspiring.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 10:24 AM (45fpk)

238 Prayers for all the horde

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 13, 2022 10:24 AM (gbzeC)

239 Shibley's blurb at the top of Insty regarding Rushdie is a good point.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 10:24 AM (dNqv+)

240 My favorite part of Trump's defense is referring to an EO by Obama.

Obama saves Trump.

Lmao

Posted by: Tee hee! at August 13, 2022 10:26 AM (9FBGz)

241 if you view clips of Garland when he was up for the SCOTUS and clips of him now

there is a distinct diference in his demeanor

he was all nicey nice, now Mr Hard Ass

the guy is really, really pissed on not being a SOTUS judge

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:26 AM (us2H3)

242 I suspect he has thought quite a few steps ahead, and every step more malignant than the next.

Or perhaps he's both evil and an idiot. It happens. If he thought a few steps ahead, and didn't consider the firestorm he'd ignite, then he's an idiot.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 13, 2022 10:26 AM (/NCI4)

243 Could just say they went to the pot luck.

*I'm not RCC, and I don't think of the idea as multiple denominations being like a pot luck is a bad thing.

Posted by: April--dash my lace wigs! at August 13, 2022 10:21 AM (OX9vb)
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That could work. I mean, if you think about a Catholic meal, the one that instantly comes to mind is a fish fry. Pot lucks are more widespread.

Still, you could also use a denomination-specific one, so "decided to bake the casserole" definitely applies to Lutherans.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:26 AM (llXky)

244 Scott Johnson of Powerline, a pretty solid attorney, this morning, 'Notes on the Trump Warrant':

This is a provision of the Espionage Act that prohibits the appropriation of defense information “with intent or reason to believe that the information is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation.” The New York Times has won Pulitzer Prizes that celebrate its violation of this provision of the act. I wrote about it at length in the 2006 Weekly Standard article “Disclosure.” Trump’s alleged violation of this statute is a joke. I believe it discredits the operation — it is a red flag that the purpose is other than as stated. The allegation that Trump violated this provision of the law should not withstand the slightest scrutiny (let alone the requirement that it be supported by probable cause).

Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at August 13, 2022 10:26 AM (wY/cZ)

245 I'll bet Biden challenged Socrates to a syllogism contest out behind the building.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 10:27 AM (kXYt5)

246 Where does that leave "swimming the English Channel"?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2022 10:07 AM (aaGzp)

Bonnie Prince Charlie, O'er the Sea

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2022 10:27 AM (xhaym)

247 LCMS (Missouri Synod). LOL - Wisconsin Synod makes LCMS look like a bunch of party animals.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 10:18 AM (45fpk)

Yeah, I grew up in a relatively newly established Missouri Synod Lutheran Church. At one of the first Christmas Eve pageants with all the kids from all the new families that had joined (I was a shepherd) the parents and grandparents were overwhelmed by our tour de force performance and started clapping in joy and happiness at the conclusion.

This did not sit well with the strict and severe theologian main pastor who shot up from his seat and soundly chastised them for clapping in church.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2022 10:27 AM (4I/2K)

248 "decided to bake the casserole"

'Hotdish', in the Upper Midwest.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 10:27 AM (45fpk)

249 a demanding Chuck Grassley !!

that'll scare the shit out of them

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:28 AM (us2H3)

250 241. Nope, Obama never would have appointed a nice moderate. He was always a far left monster. Always

Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 10:28 AM (VuQO/)

251 PowerLine funnies:

https://tinyurl.com/24zaf4jw

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:28 AM (20SKS)

252 Prayers for all the horde
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Thanks. With all the dead skin cells in my ears, I'll need 'em !

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:28 AM (T4tVD)

253 'Hotdish', in the Upper Midwest.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 10:27 AM (45fpk)

is that your new nic ?

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:29 AM (us2H3)

254 the guy is really, really pissed on not being a SOTUS judge

Which is precisely why he's unfit to be on SCOTUS.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 13, 2022 10:29 AM (/NCI4)

255 Well I had some excitement this morning. Suspect package in the mail.

Bomb squad guy calls the bomb squad.

That overstates the case. I know it is not an explosive device, but I don't know what was in the envelope. Felt like some powder. Postal inspection service said since I had received it, it was out of the postal system and call the police.

It was...suspect.

Posted by: blaster at August 13, 2022 10:29 AM (6TxNR)

256 The pervasiveness of Epstein's influence and connection everywhere there seems to be an outrage these days is... interesting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 10:30 AM (dNqv+)

257 is that your new nic ?

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:29 AM (us2H3)

Sort of lukewarmdish, age 29.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 10:30 AM (45fpk)

258 231 Kathleen J. Anderson: Washington Post Writes Incredible Fluff Piece Claiming Biden Held "Socratic Dialogues" With Scholars

I'd give 3 to 1 odds he pronounces it So-Crates, like in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 13, 2022 10:22 AM (/NCI4)
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LOL, memes on that must abound. Soon will have him doing Jesus teaching at the Temple.

Posted by: Ciampino - have hi read plenipotentiary off the teleprompter at August 13, 2022 10:30 AM (qfLjt)

259 Last night his gastroenterologist came off the top turnbuckle on him blaming his drinking and diet for this. Told him he has another patient in the same situation who will probably die. That strikes me as a very poor bedside manner.

Interventions are never pretty.

Posted by: DaveA at August 13, 2022 10:30 AM (FhXTo)

260 I've always admired the way you treasure your faith. It's very inspiring.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 13, 2022 10:24 AM (45fpk)
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Thank you! I'm a terrible sinner and I don't ever want to come across as holier-than-thou. I talk about Catholicism because it has brought the greatest peace I've ever known and I want to share that with people.

I know a lot of folks are in pain, and Church has opened up a path to make sense of suffering and to find healing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:31 AM (llXky)

261 245 I'll bet Biden challenged Socrates to a syllogism contest out behind the building.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 10:27 AM (kXYt5)

So-Crates never stood a chance.

Posted by: Droolin' Joe at August 13, 2022 10:31 AM (dNqv+)

262 I just wanted to thank everybody again for the recommendations last week. I met with one of them and was much happier than with the person I met with before. It's not like he would have done a poor job, I think, I just think there was a fair amount for improvement...

I don't know if this sounds crazy or not, but I kind of have the sense that a week ago yesterday may have been the low point of this whole ordeal, even though there are a lot of big "unknowns" in the mix. I'm trying not to let that get me down, trying my best to take care of the kids, and trying to trust God in all that which I cannot yet "see".

Posted by: Katja at August 13, 2022 10:31 AM (GDvjU)

263 I saw Mick Mulvaney, who I used to respect quite a bit, say that only 6 or 8 people knew Trump had a safe.

Really? If you asked every adult in the United States of they thought Trump had a safe at MAL, maybe 6 or 8 people would have guessed no. Every other functioning adult would have said, yeah, I'm going to go way out on a limb and guess that Trump has a safe.

Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at August 13, 2022 10:31 AM (wY/cZ)

264 Daughter and her husband are still trying to conceive.

I worked with a guy. Married late (relatively).

Doctor said "Don't do it so often."

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at August 13, 2022 10:19 AM (JVCkA)

Yeah, everyone and every couple's particular problems are different. But if I were to bet on it, saving up a few days for that particularly fertile time is extremely beneficial, based on experience with professionals.

Also, I think reduced anxiety about the conception prospects from the woman's perspectives are a huge part of it. Anecdotally, you always hear about a couple's troubles and then, once they are successful once, babies start popping out all over the place.

Anecdote time. My dearly departed Mother in Law helped us finance IVF (a successful one!) for our first. For those not in the know, when you go in, they harvest ova from the woman, and at the same time, the man makes sweet love to a specimen jar. I got to walk the walk of weird shame/accomplishment back to the waiting room, where my Mother in Law was waiting.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 10:31 AM (U3uv2)

265 This did not sit well with the strict and severe theologian main pastor who shot up from his seat and soundly chastised them for clapping in church.
Posted by: Count de Monet

I can see that. I must say I get uncomfortable when our Priest leads a round of applause for someone (for a good deed or great service) from the alter before the formal Mass has ended.

Others don't seem to mind but it kind of eats at me.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 10:32 AM (BxH25)

266 Interventions are never pretty.
Posted by: DaveA

Agreed, but he delivered it evidently in a rude and condescending way. Flies and honey.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:32 AM (20SKS)

267 Garland is a totalitarian fuck. He's evil and calculated, enough of the " poor dumb ass" stuff.

Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 10:20 AM (VuQO/)

In retrospect, he telegraphed it a week or so earlier.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 10:32 AM (U3uv2)

268 That overstates the case. I know it is not an explosive device, but I don't know what was in the envelope. Felt like some powder. Postal inspection service said since I had received it, it was out of the postal system and call the police.

It was...suspect.
Posted by: blaster at August 13, 2022 10:29 AM (6TxNR)

Maybe someone was sending you a new G-Fuel flavor.*

*not trying to make light of the situation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 10:33 AM (dNqv+)

269 250 241. Nope, Obama never would have appointed a nice moderate. He was always a far left monster. Always
Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 10:28 AM (VuQO/)

yep

he posed as a moderate for years and then when it was time to cash the check,, it bounced
and he is royally pissed

it's like they had elaborate plan to get Garland on the court
so elaborate that it included offing Scalia ??

I always believed and still do that Scalia's death warranted a raised eyebrow side eye

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:33 AM (us2H3)

270 LOL, memes on that must abound. Soon will have him doing Jesus teaching at the Temple.

Posted by: Ciampino - have hi read plenipotentiary off the teleprompter at August 13, 2022 10:30 AM (qfLjt)
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That's my job.

Posted by: Arch-Pastor His Holiness David French at August 13, 2022 10:33 AM (llXky)

271 Bishoprick is a cool word. It's in the Bible.

Posted by: VP Harris at August 13, 2022 10:33 AM (PIlQh)

272 175 wax eloquent -
Posted by: Tonypete

*******

Heh!
Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 10:07 AM (kXYt5)

dayum tony you made Mul laugh

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 13, 2022 10:34 AM (BRHaw)

273 Joe's deep thoughts on Socrates.

"What is the truth? What time is pudding?"

Posted by: lowandslow at August 13, 2022 10:34 AM (qH6FZ)

274 It was...suspect.
Posted by: blaster at August 13, 2022 10:29 AM (6TxNR)

Wow
So what was it?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 13, 2022 10:34 AM (gbzeC)

275 Ugh. What a mess - big hugs from here.
Posted by: Tonypete

Yeah. Don't think I've ever mentioned it, but MiladyJo and I read about you & your grands, and we pray for their improved care and your continued strength.

Posted by: mindful webworker - family matters at August 13, 2022 10:34 AM (e8pLC)

276 I know a lot of folks are in pain, and Church has opened up a path to make sense of suffering and to find healing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I read that as "opened up a bath...."

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:35 AM (T4tVD)

277 211 > These things seem to be built for tooling around the Mediterranean, and there are a few hundred yachts of this size.
_____________

Just check out the marina at Monaco during the Formula 1 race.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 13, 2022 10:17 AM

That dock is one of the most amazing places I've ever seen. Back when I visited, the largest yacht docked there belonged to Stavros Niarchos. I wonder how it would hold up in a competition with the new billionaire boats.

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 13, 2022 10:35 AM (rbKZ6)

278 Really? If you asked every adult in the United States of they thought Trump had a safe at MAL, maybe 6 or 8 people would have guessed no. Every other functioning adult would have said, yeah, I'm going to go way out on a limb and guess that Trump has a safe.
Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at August 13, 2022 10:31 AM (wY/cZ)

Dina Merrill ratted him out before she died

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:36 AM (us2H3)

279 141
You Made Me Do It - a limerick

My facts re: gross anatomy are numerous
(It's prob'ly 'cause my brain is rather tumorous)
Here's one that's little known:
A person's funny bone
Is directly connected to his humerus!

Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 09:57 AM (kXYt5)
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Very good, I like that.

Posted by: Ciampino - have him read plenipotentiary off the teleprompter at August 13, 2022 10:36 AM (qfLjt)

280 Morning moron's. We'll, I've made it 6 years after diagnosis of leukemia. Thankful for modern medicine. Please pray for our country, it's fixing to get bad.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 13, 2022 10:36 AM (xInes)

281 IRS?
In the 80s Reagan shifted the majority of the tax burden from corporations to individuals by lowering g the corporate tax rate.
Trump continued that by giving the ultra rich a permanent 2 trillion dollar tax cut

Posted by: Paul at August 13, 2022 10:36 AM (RTtSB)

282 213 Hiya Moonbeam !
Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:18 AM

Howdy JT. You're in good form this morning. You've got me giggling!

Posted by: Moonbeam at August 13, 2022 10:36 AM (rbKZ6)

283 Maybe someone was sending you a new G-Fuel flavor.*

*not trying to make light of the situation.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 10:33 AM (dNqv+)

It was really suspicious. It was delivered to us as returned mail. The return address is ours. The name is not anyone who lives here, and not anyone I know. BUT IT MY LAST NAME. Even weirder, a few months ago, when purchasing a firearm (sadly it sunk to the bottom of the pond) during the background check, they came back and asked me if I knew this name - the return one on the envelope. I answered no. I think someone is using my address for hinky purposes.

Posted by: blaster at August 13, 2022 10:36 AM (6TxNR)

284 It was...suspect.
Posted by: blaster at August 13, 2022 10:29 AM (6TxNR)

Wow
So what was it?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

Dead skin cells....

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:37 AM (T4tVD)

285 I believe it discredits the operation — it is a red flag that the purpose is other than as stated. The allegation that Trump violated this provision of the law should not withstand the slightest scrutiny (let alone the requirement that it be supported by probable cause).

Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at August 13, 2022 10:26 AM (wY/cZ)

The statute is the pretext. Show me the man, and I will show you the crime. If he wants to be Lavrentiy Beria, let him have all the trappings.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 10:37 AM (U3uv2)

286 I can see that. I must say I get uncomfortable when our Priest leads a round of applause for someone (for a good deed or great service) from the alter before the formal Mass has ended.

Others don't seem to mind but it kind of eats at me.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 10:32 AM (BxH25)
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During the homily or at dismissal I don't mind.

But there is this tiny faction at the old student parish (before it was merged with the "townie" one) that clap at the end of each Mass for the musicians. I hate it, and am pleased the people who do it are getting fewer as time goes by.

When we first started going there, it was widespread, so things are getting better. I told one of the priests yesterday that as soon as I see the priest leave the sanctuary, I bug out because I hate it.

That's why I usually go to the main church.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:37 AM (llXky)

287 280 Morning moron's. We'll, I've made it 6 years after diagnosis of leukemia

***

WOOT! That's great, CSMBigBird!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 13, 2022 10:37 AM (gbzeC)

288
It's a little known fact that there are actually two kinds of earwax – wet and dry. Wet earwax is more common among Caucasian and African people and is typically dark yellow and sticky. For those with East Asian or Native American ancestry, ear wax is typically light in color, dry and flaky.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at August 13, 2022 10:37 AM (jE276)

289 Howdy JT. You're in good form this morning. You've got me giggling!
Posted by: Moonbeam

Good !

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:37 AM (T4tVD)

290 I always believed and still do that Scalia's death warranted a raised eyebrow side eye
Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:33 AM (us2H3)

Mark Groubert (America's Untold Stories yt channel) concurs. This came up in yesterday's Current Events Q&A vlog.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2022 10:38 AM (4I/2K)

291 Wow
So what was it?
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 13, 2022 10:34 AM (gbzeC)

Unknown. The police took it away unopened. In the ziploc bag I put it in.

Posted by: blaster at August 13, 2022 10:38 AM (6TxNR)

292 I think someone is using my address for hinky purposes.

Posted by: blaster at August 13, 2022 10:36 AM (6TxNR)
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Your name is on the voter roll and the property tax roll.

Also, could have been bought by a marketer. Not hard to do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:38 AM (llXky)

293 Random but, it has probably been now 17 years since I went to Rome. One of the sights that sticks with me as the most beautiful was standing on the street, looking out at the Bay of Naples (in Naples, not Rome.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 10:39 AM (dNqv+)

294 Well the A/C compressor clutch on the ole H1 is giving up the ghost. Wouldn't kick on last night unless I turned the truck off. Drat. Looking at a new compressor now. Thankfully these old POS's are pretty reasonable... $250 for a new compressor. I'll need to get the system vacated first before I replace it but oh well.

Posted by: Defenestratus at August 13, 2022 10:39 AM (UwDoW)

295 Tonypete, prayers

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at August 13, 2022 10:39 AM (gbzeC)

296 Alec Baldwin "Rust" Deadly Shooting Investigation Moves Forward As Forensic Reports Completed

Forensic reports? Maybe I don't understand everything that could mean but were there any unanswered questions about how and why the woman died?

Posted by: Baaaato at August 13, 2022 10:40 AM (nfrXX)

297 Morning moron's. We'll, I've made it 6 years after diagnosis of leukemia. Thankful for modern medicine. Please pray for our country, it's fixing to get bad.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 13, 2022 10:36 AM (xInes)
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Good for you!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:40 AM (llXky)

298 Weak troll at 281

Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at August 13, 2022 10:40 AM (wY/cZ)

299 /Furry-Political-Loser-Sock

Posted by: Oddbob at August 13, 2022 10:40 AM (nfrXX)

300 Heartfelt prayers for all our moron community brothers and sisters .

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at August 13, 2022 10:41 AM (P+obl)

301 Interesting article by (believe it or not) Rich Lowry this morning in the NY Post. It might be time to consider whether Merrick Garland is simply an idiot and the Mar A Lago raid was a catastrophic blunder. I especially like the line about the congressional interns at the bar down the street from the DOJ.

https://tinyurl.com/yc55wjae
Posted by: Caliban at August 13, 2022 10:15 AM (HgGBT)

No thanks. My assumption is many of the nevertrumpers are idiots. Or at least those who still read NR.

No, Garland isn't an idiot. He's corrupted and evil. It would be convenient for people like Lowery to have incompetents on the left, because then they don't have to contemplate that maybe... just maybe, these attacks on Trump represent something more than a personal spat.

Your country is at war, and freedom is hanging in the balance, Richie Rich. Time to choose sides, not continue sailing with your gay friends.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 13, 2022 10:41 AM (NWBBy)

302 It was really suspicious. It was delivered to us as returned mail. The return address is ours. The name is not anyone who lives here, and not anyone I know. BUT IT MY LAST NAME. Even weirder, a few months ago, when purchasing a firearm (sadly it sunk to the bottom of the pond) during the background check, they came back and asked me if I knew this name - the return one on the envelope. I answered no. I think someone is using my address for hinky purposes.
Posted by: blaster at August 13, 2022 10:36 AM (6TxNR)

Could be. Have you checked with the DMV? I had my identity stolen way back at the end of high school and the beginning of College. The fallout lasted years, but the most surprising and interesting one was when I went to renew my license (about 3 years after the initial incident, I found the guy had gotten like 6 driver's licenses in my name with a bunch of different addresses.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 10:41 AM (dNqv+)

303 I think we should shift the tax burden to homo's named Paul.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:42 AM (20SKS)

304 Dina Merrill ratted him out before she died
Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:36 AM (us2H3)

Didn't Trump lowball her on the place and get it for a song? Her revenge.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 13, 2022 10:42 AM (qH6FZ)

305 you wanna kno how Trump got rich ?

by buying thing like MAL, I think he paid like 7-8 million for it and from the Gub to top it off and other dilapidated properties and then fiing them up

when he bought MAL. they brought all the salvagable stuff up NYC to auction

I bought some at Christies East, including a dozen drape panels of blue and silver Fortuny. Measuring 12 ft X 8 ft each

Fortuny goes for about 700 to 1000 a yard

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:42 AM (us2H3)

306 Posted by: Paul at August 13, 2022 10:36 AM (RTtSB)

Yeah, yeah, I know.

What makes you believe any amount of any corporation or individual's money belongs to the federal government?

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 10:42 AM (U3uv2)

307 fixing, sorry

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:42 AM (us2H3)

308 Alec Baldwin "Rust" Deadly Shooting Investigation Moves Forward As Forensic Reports Completed

Forensic reports? Maybe I don't understand everything that could mean but were there any unanswered questions about how and why the woman died?
Posted by: Baaaato at August 13, 2022 10:40 AM (nfrXX)

EffBeeEye says the gun was in perfect working order and that 3 people had left prints / dna on the gun / boolits. No operational malfunction as Alec Baldwin claims.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2022 10:43 AM (4I/2K)

309 I think we should shift the tax burden to homo's named Paul.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:42 AM (20SKS)
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Who writes that idiot's copy? Trump got SALT reductions repealed, which was a YUUGE tax increase on the rich in California and New York. That's why they want it gone.

The Dems hate the working class and they know it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:43 AM (llXky)

310 Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
And
Smile, smile, smile!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 13, 2022 10:43 AM (U2p+3)

311 298 Weak troll at 281
Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at August 13, 2022 10:40 AM (wY/cZ)

Low T.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 10:44 AM (dNqv+)

312 Didn't Trump lowball her on the place and get it for a song? Her revenge.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 13, 2022 10:42 AM (qH6FZ)

I think the Posts actually left to the US Gub and they just let it waste away

then Trump bought it

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:44 AM (us2H3)

313 "decided to bake the casserole"

'Hotdish', in the Upper Midwest
********
Here in northeast PA you can't leave the catholic church without surrendering your pierogi recipe.

Posted by: Cosda at August 13, 2022 10:44 AM (EIJYO)

314 WSJ takes Berenson's side in the Great Censorhip debate...sort of:

https://tinyurl.com/2rcu74e

Posted by: kallisto at August 13, 2022 10:45 AM (dCxaZ)

315 No, if talking about a Catholic leaving the faith, its "apostasy" (at least from the Catholic point of view).

Converting to Eastern Orthodox is "swimming in the Bosphorus."

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Ha ha! When I converted to Orthodoxy, there was no swimming whatsoever... Crazy Russians... Theophany (Epiphany) - the true January 6 celebration... In any case, the Church may be 13 days behind, but it takes some dedication (and probably more than a little bit of crazy) to go into the water in January in Russia... I can bet that the weather was a little more mild in Israel.

Posted by: Katja at August 13, 2022 10:45 AM (GDvjU)

316 Yeah, Paul, that Trump tax cut was so good for the rich, blue states immediately started screaming about the SALT deduction cap.

A cap which made a lot of high wage earners pay more in taxes.

My wife and I being among that group at the time.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 13, 2022 10:46 AM (5pTK/)

317 166
Hmm, the ear?

(LOL. sorry couldn't help it.) I imagine modified sweat glands. It is supposed to keep insects out.
Posted by: Ciampino - did you see the Mythbusters' earwax candle?

"Waiter - there's a fly in my soup !"
"Well it didn't come from my ear....here...feel the wax..."

Posted by: JT at August 13, 2022 10:04 AM (T4tVD)
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Well it waned before I could feel it.

Posted by: Ciampino - the bees put it there while you sleep hence ZZZZZZZZs at August 13, 2022 10:46 AM (qfLjt)

318 245 I'll bet Biden challenged Socrates to a syllogism contest out behind the building.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 10:27 AM
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Can you imagine if syllogism showed up on biden's teleprompter?
I would love to see a video clip of him trying to read that.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 13, 2022 10:46 AM (dr4Q1)

319 I answered no. I think someone is using my address for hinky purposes.

Posted by: blaster at August 13, 2022 10:36 AM (6TxNR)

Very astute observations. I don't think I would have put two and two together on this one. Either someone wanted to intercept what is in the package (the package is what the usurper desires), or someone is attempting to target you.

Either way, good intuition.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 10:46 AM (U3uv2)

320 My ear wax is definitely light , dry and flakey

see, I told ya

Posted by: LIEAWATHA at August 13, 2022 10:46 AM (us2H3)

321 Paul? Mirengoff, maybe, trolling for a new cob gig?

Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 10:47 AM (VuQO/)

322 310 Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
And
Smile, smile, smile!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 13, 2022 10:43 AM (U2p+3)

Nice, nurse.

https://tinyurl.com/tzvh7fm5

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 10:48 AM (dNqv+)

323 I think the Posts actually left to the US Gub and they just let it waste away
then Trump bought it
Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:44 AM (us2H3)

I don't think the government ever held ownership, they didn't want it. I could be wrong.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 13, 2022 10:48 AM (qH6FZ)

324 Paul? Mirengoff, maybe, trolling for a new cob gig?
Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 10:47 AM (VuQO/)

Heh.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 13, 2022 10:49 AM (AiZBA)

325 Ha ha! When I converted to Orthodoxy, there was no swimming whatsoever..

Posted by: Katja at August 13, 2022 10:45 AM (GDvjU)
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I like the Orthodox, and a huge fan of the Lord of Spirits podcast. Check my nick for posts and links to it.

The schism (such as it is) is now entirely one-way. The Catholic Church considers all Orthodox sacraments as valid.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:49 AM (llXky)

326 EffBeeEye says the gun was in perfect working order and that 3 people had left prints / dna on the gun / boolits.

Ah, thanks. I was thinking too narrowly, of "forensics" strictly in the Quincy ME sense.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 13, 2022 10:49 AM (nfrXX)

327 My ear wax is definitely light , dry and flakey

see, I told ya
Posted by: LIEAWATHA

Everything about her is light, dry and flaky.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at August 13, 2022 10:49 AM (Bd6X8)

328 Hmmm, that Andrews Sisters' song peaking something in me. The male singer has a voice I recognize but did not know the name (he's everywhere in that era of music.) Dick Haymes- from looking at the link.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 10:51 AM (dNqv+)

329 My older child should be added to prayer list. He's been having issues with abdominal pain for a couple of months now and docs can find nothing. I looked through the labs from his latest visit to ER and noticed something off in his labs the docs may have missed that may explain why he has the pain. Will be calling the doctors this morning after 8:00 local time...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2022 10:51 AM (ynpvh)

330 Ha ha! When I converted to Orthodoxy, there was no swimming whatsoever..

Posted by: Katja

For whatever reason, the Orthodox and the Lutherans have a crush on each other.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:52 AM (20SKS)

331 327 My ear wax is definitely light , dry and flakey

see, I told ya
Posted by: LIEAWATHA

Everything about her is light, dry and flaky.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at August 13, 2022 10:49 AM (Bd6X

Except her penis. That's girthy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2022 10:52 AM (ynpvh)

332 Either way, good intuition.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 10:46 AM (U3uv2)
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Around my birthday, a package arrived from Amazon. I hadn't ordered anything, but figured my kids had put something on my account. So I opened it.

40 snack-sized bags of Lays potato chips. That was it. No invoice, nothing. Asked around the house, no one knew anything about it and it wasn't on my profile. Who sends stuff like this???

Then, I put two and two together - Dad. When he called to wish me happy birthday I thanked him for the chips and he laughed. That guy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:52 AM (llXky)

333 328 which song?

Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 10:53 AM (VuQO/)

334 I don't think the government ever held ownership, they didn't want it. I could be wrong.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 13, 2022 10:48 AM (qH6FZ)

wiki (ugh) says Post bequeath the property ot the Gub in 1973

and then they returned it tto the fam in 1981

Trmp bought it 1985, they say 10 milion but I always heard like 8

Posted by: LIEAWATHA at August 13, 2022 10:53 AM (us2H3)

335 333 328 which song?
Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 10:53 AM (VuQO/)

The one I linked at 328 in ref to nurse. 'Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 10:54 AM (dNqv+)

336 For whatever reason, the Orthodox and the Lutherans have a crush on each other.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 13, 2022 10:52 AM (20SKS)
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In my experience, Protestants convert to the Orthodox Church because they gain access to the sacraments, sacred tradition, apostolic succession, communion of saints, and Church Fathers all without giving up their hatred of Catholics.

That's the one part I don't like about Lord of Spirits. The guys snark about Catholicism and get things wrong. Both former evangelicals, natch.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:56 AM (llXky)

337 A nearby Lutheran church in Klein, TX does a Christmas service in German. I went a few years back and was gobsmacked at how identical the design, layout, and lighting fixtures were to the Lutheran church I grew up in back in Landover, MD. A near carbon copy some 50 years and 1200 miles removed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2022 10:56 AM (4I/2K)

338 335 absolutely Haymes

Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 10:56 AM (VuQO/)

339 the current situation is frustrating for control freaks

I, for one, have no idea what is happening

but I'm purty fucking shore it's gonna get worse

a lot worse

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:56 AM (us2H3)

340 338 335 absolutely Haymes
Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 10:56 AM (VuQO/)

I just did not know the name. Heh. But I recognized the voice in an instant.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 10:57 AM (dNqv+)

341 gray, flakey earwax looks like it's moldy...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2022 10:57 AM (ynpvh)

342 My older child should be added to prayer list. ... Will be calling the doctors this morning after 8:00 local time...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2022 10:51 AM (ynpvh)

You got it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2022 10:58 AM (4I/2K)

343 Today I think I shall fry up a pound of bacon and cook potatoes and onions in the grease.

Haven't done that in a long, long time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:58 AM (llXky)

344 343 Today I think I shall fry up a pound of bacon and cook potatoes and onions in the grease.

Haven't done that in a long, long time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:58 AM (llXky)

dibs on your stuff

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:59 AM (us2H3)

345 Did anyone notice that CDC changed its coof guidance in favor of the unjabbed?

Posted by: kallisto at August 13, 2022 10:59 AM (dCxaZ)

346 342 My older child should be added to prayer list. ... Will be calling the doctors this morning after 8:00 local time...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2022 10:51 AM (ynpvh)

You got it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2022 10:58 AM (4I/2K)

Thank you.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2022 10:59 AM (ynpvh)

347 340. My grandmother was a fan of the sisters. Greek sisters singing Yiddish.

Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 10:59 AM (VuQO/)

348 Today I think I shall fry up a pound of bacon and cook potatoes and onions in the grease.

Haven't done that in a long, long time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:58 AM (llXky)

*wasabi baby voice* Help!

Posted by: Arteries of Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 11:00 AM (4I/2K)

349 348 Today I think I shall fry up a pound of bacon and cook potatoes and onions in the grease.

Haven't done that in a long, long time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:58 AM (llXky)

*wasabi baby voice* Help!

Posted by: Arteries of Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 11:00 AM (4I/2K)

I love cooking eggs in the bacon grease. Watching the egg whites bubbling as the entire egg is immersed in that golden fat...mmmm!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2022 11:01 AM (ynpvh)

350 >>No, Garland isn't an idiot. He's corrupted and evil. It would be convenient for people like Lowery to have incompetents on the left, because then they don't have to contemplate that maybe... just maybe, these attacks on Trump represent something more than a personal spat.

Garland is the public face of the Deep State that tried to destroy candidate Trump then President Trump and now soon to be Republican nominee Trump. They used the power of the state to spy on him, investigate him and impeach him. They have not been able to stop him, just temporarily sidetrack him.

They have been fighting Trump for years over the release of classified information that will prove how they corruptly went after him. Jan 6th was just another attempt to try and stop him not the reason why. The reason is they are terrified of being exposed.

They are afraid of Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 13, 2022 11:01 AM (ZLI7S)

351 263. I would suggest Mick Mulvaney was misquoted. I have read that same quote as 6-8 people knew where the safe was that contained the archival boxes . The National Archives was there in June and went through the boxes, met briefly with Trump and everyone was satisfied when they left. They recommended via their lawyers that an additional lock be put on the access to the safe which Trumps lawyer has said was done within two days. Trump never heard anything back until the raid.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 13, 2022 11:01 AM (MFYIp)

352 Did anyone notice that CDC changed its coof guidance in favor of the unjabbed?
Posted by: kallisto at August 13, 2022 10:59 AM (dCxaZ)

I heard that they did, but I don't pay attention to it. The nitwits who run things where I work will tell me what their new rules are, if they decide on new rules.

When I caught the Covids this last time (basically no symptoms), I was told 10 days of quarantine... unless they really REALLY need me to come in, then my supervisor can request I come in after five days.

Because of the science.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 13, 2022 11:02 AM (NWBBy)

353 Home school, gig style.

https://bit.ly/3w2azIE

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 11:02 AM (U3uv2)

354 *wasabi baby voice* Help!

Posted by: Arteries of Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 11:00 AM (4I/2K)
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Animal fats are better for you than vegetable oil.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 11:02 AM (llXky)

355 350 precisely

Posted by: CN at August 13, 2022 11:03 AM (VuQO/)

356 Older brother passed at the end of March w/pancreatic cancer. Lasted a little over a year from diagnosis.

Posted by: BignJames at August 13, 2022 11:03 AM (AwYPR)

357 Today I think I shall fry up a pound of bacon and cook potatoes and onions in the grease.

Sitting here eating eggs and potatoes fried in bacon grease. No onions, as R. can't tolerate them. But I love them.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 11:04 AM (BxH25)

358 Today I think I shall fry up a pound of bacon and cook potatoes and onions in the grease.

Haven't done that in a long, long time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 10:58 AM (llXky)

dibs on your stuff

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 10:59 AM (us2H3)

I volunteer as official food-taster.

I volunteer as

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 11:04 AM (U3uv2)

359 Because of the science.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 13, 2022 11:02 AM (NWBBy)

well the #Science! has changed now due to the looming midterms.

Posted by: kallisto at August 13, 2022 11:06 AM (dCxaZ)

360 They have been fighting Trump for years over the release of classified information that will prove how they corruptly went after him. Jan 6th was just another attempt to try and stop him not the reason why. The reason is they are terrified of being exposed.

They are afraid of Trump.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 13, 2022 11:01 AM (ZLI7S)

I like Dave Smith, he's not a genius or anything, but he lays things out clearly... most of the time. His take on this is that it IS personal, because Trump has been so mean to them.

Some of these libertarians and so-called anarchists can't quite wrap their heads around the notion that Trump isn't a complete idiot himself, and that, even though he mostly failed (yes, mostly), he DID go after the Deep State. And will again, if reelected.

Yes, this is an existential crisis for these people. And it is for us too. If they win, we all lose. For the rest of our lives, we'll be hunted down and eliminated. This isn't a game, and these gay fools like Lowery still act like it is.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 13, 2022 11:06 AM (NWBBy)

361 Judge Roy Moore Vindicated, Wins $8.2 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against Democrat Super PAC

Guess the fake yearbook signing was fake

PS Fuck the RNC!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 13, 2022 11:08 AM (BRHaw)

362 Today I think I shall fry up a pound of bacon and cook potatoes and onions in the grease.

Excuse me, you guys down here hear about the ongoing cholesterol problem in the country?

Posted by: Vinny Gambini at August 13, 2022 11:08 AM (4I/2K)

363 Because of the science.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 13, 2022 11:02 AM (NWBBy)

well the #Science! has changed now due to the looming midterms.
Posted by: kallisto at August 13, 2022 11:06 AM (dCxaZ)

Yes yes, I just think it's a hoot that "the science" now says that I can come in to work as long as my supervisor says they need me to.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 13, 2022 11:08 AM (NWBBy)

364 re: Dick Haymes

When I talk about the modern 'voice' being annoying, whiny, pitchy and annoying- this is at the other end of the spectrum. Rich, vibrant and distinctly masculine. I almost think of it as a 'style'. Bing Crosby is probably the apotheosis of this. Sinatra is in there, but he also has a pitchy bit to his voice that does not quite fully 'get there'. Apologies to the 29 year old 'ettes who may be fans.

Probably needless pedantry, but it is something I notice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 11:08 AM (dNqv+)

365 They are afraid of Trump.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 13, 2022 11:01 AM (ZLI7S)

I usually agree with this guy

but this time

I really, really agree with him

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 11:09 AM (us2H3)

366 Today I think I shall fry up a pound of bacon and cook potatoes and onions in the grease.

Sitting here eating eggs and potatoes fried in bacon grease. No onions, as R. can't tolerate them. But I love them.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 11:04 AM (BxH25)

I always fry the onions after the potatoes are removed, for the people in the crowd who like them (me), always golden brown. With the potatoes gives the potatoes a better flavor, but what do you do?

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 11:09 AM (U3uv2)

367 Some of these libertarians and so-called anarchists can't quite wrap their heads around the notion that Trump isn't a complete idiot himself, and that, even though he mostly failed (yes, mostly), he DID go after the Deep State. And will again, if reelected.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 13, 2022 11:06 AM (NWBBy)
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But he didn't mostly fail, which is the problem. If he'd have blundered around like Dubya, no one would care.

Their problem with him is that he didn't. He renegotiated NAFTA, solved the Arab-Israeli dispute AND revived American manufacturing while bringing the border under control. And that was just his first term.

He exposed all the lies about how none of this could be fixed, it would always be with us and showed the people that decline was a deliberate choice by the rich. That's why they hate him.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 11:09 AM (llXky)

368 Early lunch for me

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 13, 2022 11:10 AM (iJa5t)

369 You bastards!

David Axelrod@davidaxelrod
.@RepLizCheney reportedly is not able to campaign for re-election at open, public events in Wyoming because of threats to her safety.
This, in the United States of America, folks.
Think about that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 11:10 AM (FVME7)

370 Posted by: BignJames at August 13, 2022 11:03 AM (AwYPR)

I am sorry for your loss.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 11:10 AM (U3uv2)

371 Posted by: BignJames at August 13, 2022 11:03 AM (AwYPR)

that one is tough to beat.

Condolences on your loss.

Posted by: kallisto at August 13, 2022 11:11 AM (dCxaZ)

372 361 Judge Roy Moore Vindicated, Wins $8.2 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against Democrat Super PAC

Guess the fake yearbook signing was fake

PS Fuck the RNC!!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 13, 2022 11:08 AM (BRHaw)

isn't it funny how the wheels of justice turn at different rates for different people

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 11:11 AM (us2H3)

373 Think about that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 11:10 AM (FVME7)

He misspelled "savor that."

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 11:11 AM (U3uv2)

374 David Axelrod@davidaxelrod
.@RepLizCheney reportedly is not able to campaign for re-election at open, public events in Wyoming because of threats to her safety.
This, in the United States of America, folks.
Think about that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 11:10 AM (FVME7)

Sure. *thinks* She's a pussy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 11:12 AM (dNqv+)

375 353 Home school, gig style.

https://bit.ly/3w2azIE

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 11:02 AM (U3uv2)

I likey very much.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2022 11:12 AM (ynpvh)

376 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 11:09 AM (llXky)

Well said.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 11:12 AM (U3uv2)

377 David Axelrod@davidaxelrod
.@RepLizCheney reportedly is not able to campaign for re-election at open, public events in Wyoming because of threats to her safety.
This, in the United States of America, folks.
Think about that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 11:10 AM (FVME7)

the last time Liz was in WY for more than a day

she bagged a Wolly Mammoth

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 11:12 AM (us2H3)

378 ou bastards!

David Axelrod@davidaxelrod
.@RepLizCheney reportedly is not able to campaign for re-election at open, public events in Wyoming because of threats to her safety.
This, in the United States of America, folks.
Think about that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 11:10 AM

Lee Zeldin is available for comment, but for some reason, no one asked him....curious, that

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 13, 2022 11:12 AM (ENBF0)

379 Jack Straw needs a shot on CNL Speaks?

Posted by: Skip's phone at August 13, 2022 11:12 AM (iJa5t)

380 261 245 I'll bet Biden challenged Socrates to a syllogism contest out behind the building.
Posted by: Muldoon at August 13, 2022 10:27 AM (kXYt5)

So-Crates never stood a chance.

Posted by: Droolin' Joe at August 13, 2022 10:31 AM (dNqv+)
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Did they So-Boxes? Who trashed who?

Posted by: Ciampino - Did UPS have a say/ at August 13, 2022 11:13 AM (qfLjt)

381 356 Older brother passed at the end of March w/pancreatic cancer. Lasted a little over a year from diagnosis.

Posted by: BignJames at August 13, 2022 11:03 AM (AwYPR)

My condolences. Pancreatic cancer is one of those that often isn't found until it gets quite advanced (no pain until then), so often difficult to treat when found...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2022 11:13 AM (ynpvh)

382 Probably needless pedantry, but it is something I notice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 11:08 AM (dNqv+)

Music appreciation is pretty subjective. Many can agree on the more obvious features of a voice, or a piece of music, but it's usually in the nuances when opinions start to diverge.

Posted by: kallisto at August 13, 2022 11:13 AM (dCxaZ)

383 Posted by: BignJames at August 13, 2022 11:03 AM (AwYPR)

Deepest condolences.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 11:13 AM (dNqv+)

384 sorry Wooly

need to stop morning drinking

Posted by: REDACTED at August 13, 2022 11:13 AM (us2H3)

385
Excuse me, you guys down here hear about the ongoing cholesterol problem in the country?

Posted by: Vinny Gambini at August 13, 2022 11:08 AM (4I/2K)
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It wasn't a problem and the solution was worse.

Seriously, this came out years ago. I need to lose a few pounds (mostly to look good in my dress uniform when I retire) but my blood work and blood pressure came back at the optimum level.

I credit the bourbon. Nothing that stuff can't do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 11:13 AM (llXky)

386 David Axelrod@davidaxelrod
.@RepLizCheney reportedly is not able to campaign for re-election at open, public events in Wyoming because of threats to her safety.
This, in the United States of America, folks.
Think about that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 11:10 AM (FVME7)

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Maybe she should campaign in Beverly Hills where she'll be safer.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 13, 2022 11:13 AM (XG2Fi)

387 I like Dave Smith, he's not a genius or anything, but he lays things out clearly... most of the time. His take on this is that it IS personal, because Trump has been so mean to them.

Oh I'm sure a fair bit of personal hatred has built up on both sides but ultimately this is about fear of exposure.

I think sometimes we forget the irrational and over the top response to President Trump. Yes, he wasn't part of the club but it goes deeper. His biggest pledge when he ran was to Drain The Swamp. They are the swamp and they don't want to be drained. No president elected by a healthy percentage of the American public has ever been treated the way Trump was treated.

We don't know everything but what we do know is that they used tools designed to track foreign terrorists and other foreign lowlifes against an opposing presidential candidate and then President of the United States. That is far worse than anything they've ever accused Trump of doing.

Trump wants to expose them. They want to stop him.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 13, 2022 11:14 AM (ZLI7S)

388 Older brother passed at the end of March w/pancreatic cancer. Lasted a little over a year from diagnosis.
Posted by: BignJames

You have my deepest condolences.
My brother-in-law is fighting it now.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2022 11:14 AM (nyNes)

389 362 Today I think I shall fry up a pound of bacon and cook potatoes and onions in the grease.

Excuse me, you guys down here hear about the ongoing cholesterol problem in the country?

Posted by: Vinny Gambini at August 13, 2022 11:08 AM (4I/2K)

Mmmm...Cholesterol! ::in best Homer Simpson voice::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2022 11:14 AM (ynpvh)

390 I thought it was Wally Mammoth.

He was the greatest mammoth in the swamp.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 13, 2022 11:14 AM (XG2Fi)

391 This, in the United States of America, folks.
Think about that.

the world stands still as the sound of 50 million bots cogitating reverberates across the globe

Posted by: kallisto at August 13, 2022 11:14 AM (dCxaZ)

392
This, in the United States of America, folks.
Think about that.

Is she afraid to leave her home because some Federal agency will break in and root through her underwear? Because I've heard that's okay now. In the United States of America.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 13, 2022 11:15 AM (jE276)

393 NOOD y'all

KT's up

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 13, 2022 11:15 AM (BFigT)

394 363 Because of the science.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 13, 2022 11:02 AM (NWBBy)

well the #Science! has changed now due to the looming midterms.
Posted by: kallisto at August 13, 2022 11:06 AM (dCxaZ)

Yes yes, I just think it's a hoot that "the science" now says that I can come in to work as long as my supervisor says they need me to.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 13, 2022 11:08 AM (NWBBy)

The Science seems to act like a petulant under-age hooker that you just want to bitchslap--but didn't. I didn't slap or hit her. I didn't

Posted by: Hunter at August 13, 2022 11:15 AM (ynpvh)

395 David Axelrod@davidaxelrod
.@RepLizCheney reportedly is not able to campaign for re-election at open, public events in Wyoming because of threats to her safety.
This, in the United States of America, folks.
Think about that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 11:10 AM (FVME7)

Gonna go out on a limb and assume "threats to her safety" consists mostly of people mooing at her.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 13, 2022 11:16 AM (NWBBy)

396 David Axelrod@davidaxelrod
.@RepLizCheney reportedly is not able to campaign for re-election at open, public events in Wyoming because of threats to her safety.
This, in the United States of America, folks.
Think about that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I Survived the Mar-A-Lago Raid at August 13, 2022 11:10 AM (FVME7)
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Yeah, sure. More likely, Liz didn't like the optics of no one other than the press showing up at one of her rallies.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 13, 2022 11:16 AM (5pTK/)

397 Yeah, sure. More likely, Liz didn't like the optics of no one other than the press showing up at one of her rallies.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 13, 2022 11:16 AM (5pTK/)

Press and hecklers.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at August 13, 2022 11:16 AM (U3uv2)

398 265 This did not sit well with the strict and severe theologian main pastor who shot up from his seat and soundly chastised them for clapping in church.
Posted by: Count de Monet

I can see that. I must say I get uncomfortable when our Priest leads a round of applause for someone (for a good deed or great service) from the alter before the formal Mass has ended.

Others don't seem to mind but it kind of eats at me.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2022 10:32 AM (BxH25)
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That!

Posted by: Ciampino - decorum or respect at August 13, 2022 11:16 AM (qfLjt)

399 I credit the bourbon. Nothing that stuff can't do.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 11:13 AM (llXky)

Agree. I'm just joshin' about cholesterol and arteries.

Posted by: Vinny Gambini de Monet at August 13, 2022 11:17 AM (4I/2K)

400 Remember - revolutions do not happen because things go from bad to worse. Continuous decline leads to despair and lethargy.

You get a revolution when things were bad but get better and then get worse - people realize that they don't have to accept the current situation and that making a radical change could help.

If Hillary had won, we'd have slid into despondency without much trouble. People would have just assumed nothing could be done. Trump showed it was a lie, which is why MAGA keeps growing. It isn't about him any more.

The Dems can't understand that. They think if they kill him MAGA will go away, but instead he will become immortal, and others will take up his banner.

And just think for a moment of how the public will react to Melania and the Trump family draped in mourning. Kill someone, and then you get a funeral. People forget that Tienanmen Square started as a funeral for a reformer.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 13, 2022 11:18 AM (llXky)

401 You have my deepest condolences.
My brother-in-law is fighting it now.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2022 11:14 AM (nyNes)

Weird stuff....read about a lady who survived for 16 years w/it...others not so much...he has my prayers.

Thanks all.

Posted by: BignJames at August 13, 2022 11:19 AM (AwYPR)

402 I remember we had a thing at work about 15 years ago. The speaker was talking about the benefits of our health plan (which was pretty good.) He was talking about people getting their cholesterol checked and the wonders of statins. I raised my hand during the Q&A and asked whether there was truth to the idea that statins destroyed your body's ability to regulate cholesterol on it's own- permanently. Creating a permanent dependence.

That one kind of fizzled the Q&A.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 13, 2022 11:20 AM (dNqv+)

403 If they do happen to martyr Trump, I hope Don Jr. steps up and goes scorched earth. He would have my vote.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 13, 2022 11:20 AM (xInes)

404 By the way, Liz full well knows the only real threat she faces if from our own government.

Though, if Liz is actually receiving threats, which I doubt, she probably thinks it means she's doing something right.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at August 13, 2022 11:20 AM (5pTK/)

405 .

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at August 13, 2022 11:41 AM (AiZBA)

406 So heres an article from the New Republic: First Line:
Republicans, and white conservatives, have long been hostile to public schools.
Notice the word schools and not EDUCATION. The left loves schools, they hate education.
A little further down:
Their plan looks like this: Parents are given a voucher for several thousand dollars that comes out of the state education budget. In reality, it reduces money going to public schools to a point where the schools will be dramatically underfunded.
Again in underfunds schools, not EDUCATION.
Finally:
All the GOP has to do is either let the value of vouchers and ESAs stagnate, or reduce them over time, to create the educational system they always wanted: one in which poor non-whites and LGBT people are unable to get a decent education, and conservative white Christians are heavily favored.
Wait what? I have been told for years that rich people that use their own money to pay for private schools should still have to pay public school taxes. So now it is bad that everyone has a check in hand and can walk to any place they wish asking for an education.
Very poor logic and writing D-.
Brynn Tannehill

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 13, 2022 11:50 AM (BRHaw)

407 Blutarski, my older brother died of pancreatitis a couple of years ago. He looked healthy, maybe spreading himself a little too thin. Was sedated for tests and never came out of it. I wish a doctor had read him the ugly riot act you describe--it would have to be ugly, because he always thought he knew better than anybody else. Perhaps that's a factor here.

Posted by: Wenda at August 13, 2022 11:51 AM (gPRZb)

408 This isn't a game, and these gay fools like Lowery still act like it is.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 13, 2022 11:06 AM (NWBBy)

Wait - Lowery isn't gay - he just got married a few years ago.

To his cat, but still....okay, yeah. Gay.

Posted by: Boswell at August 13, 2022 12:29 PM (+Cgut)

409 So needed the prayer list this a.m. To read and pray for other's real problems sure fixes the attitude I have about my own blessings in disguise.

Posted by: Igotnothing at August 13, 2022 04:07 PM (Jp/oq)

410 50 Smell the coffee.

Do not, under any circumstances, stop the coffee.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 13, 2022 09:27 AM (6FeV1)

Ha!

Posted by: m at August 13, 2022 05:10 PM (GkGYg)

411 407 Blutarski, my older brother died of pancreatitis a couple of years ago. He looked healthy, maybe spreading himself a little too thin. Was sedated for tests and never came out of it. I wish a doctor had read him the ugly riot act you describe--it would have to be ugly, because he always thought he knew better than anybody else. Perhaps that's a factor here.
Posted by: Wenda at August 13, 2022 11:51 AM (gPRZb)

Thanks, Wenda.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2022 05:14 PM (GkGYg)

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