December Rodeo

A rodeo in December? Why yes! It's the National Finals Rodeo! Today is the last day.

I have friends who went to the rodeo one evening while at a work conference. They and their families have some cattle wrangling background, and relatives came in from other parts of Nevada. I don't normally think of Las Vegas as a cowboy town, but there are cattle ranches not all that far away.

The other news out of Vegas this week was that Sam Brinton was charged with his second felony for stealing luggage, this time from the Las Vegas airport. It would be beyond crazy if he were at the airport this week because he/they attended the rodeo, while off work awaiting a court date in Minnesota on the 19th, even if he/they could have seen some fine rope work. But I don't think we know the date of the alleged theft at the Vegas airport.

Forbes thinks the most newsworthy thing about the second felony charge against Brinton is that Republicans have jumped on the allegation. This provides the reporter with an opportunity to tell readers that nasty conservatives want to keep little kids from knowing about LGBTQ people and queer identities, and that there have been GOP-funded attack ads against dems for "expanding healthcare access to trans people". (Of course, everyone knows that trans people would have no health care access if the GOP were in charge!).

But back to regular rodeo events.

Years ago, I saw a little notice about an upcoming Navajo rodeo at a trading post at the edge of the reservation. Didn't seem like they wanted outside spectators. They were advertising for participants.

In Arizona, Navajo kids sometimes compete bareback in integrated, off-reservation high school rodeos. Sounds like a liability risk to me. Amazing that these rodeos seem to persist!

Were there rodeos at your high school?

I attended city rodeos in high school, and I remember kids participating, but I don't recall school sponsorship.

Of course, the Indian Nations have also been affected by bureaucracy, and it was anticipated earlier this year that rodeos might be cancelled due to coronavirus. Even in the time of Omicron. Everything's more official now.

22 rodeo terms you should know

Bullfighter: After each bull ride, this person distracts the bull so the cowboy can escape the arena safely.
Hazer: This is the cowboy that helps keep the steer running straight for the steer wrestler to catch in steer wrestling.
Pickup men After each ride, these men will help direct or catch stray stock and lead them to the exit.
Hung up: When the cowboy gets caught on one of the bull's horns during bull riding.
Riggin': This is a type of suitcase hold, customized to a rider's grip.

Suitcase hold?

Comments

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1 Hi KT

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 10, 2022 11:05 AM (xhxe8)

2 nice "City Boy" comments about rodeo. your true colors shine through now...

Posted by: robert kendall at December 10, 2022 11:09 AM (PyQ5T)

3 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 11:09 AM (qoGsy)

4 Daniel Shaver was straight up murdered by Cop.

Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2022 11:09 AM (NVsxt)

5 Jim Hardy riding shotgun.

Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 11:09 AM (mE3sO)

6 Hi, Skip!

Posted by: KT at December 10, 2022 11:09 AM (rrtZS)

7 What "job" did Brinton have before his govt. gig?

Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2022 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

8 Belt Buckles are Jewlery.

Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2022 11:10 AM (NVsxt)

9 Back in the day, the lovely R. was a barrel racer. She's completely gotten away from it as she is approaching 29 (and two artificial hips).

I should have liked to see her ride.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 11:11 AM (qoGsy)

10 Read that Kirk Cameron story, libraries are more into pushing Trannie reading hour than a Christian story. No one who knows could guess librarians are just as woke as Teachers are

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 10, 2022 11:11 AM (xhxe8)

11 Belt Buckles are Jewlery.
Posted by: garrett

Or a residence. Some of them are big enough to live under.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 11:12 AM (qoGsy)

12 Sam the Nuclear Puppy trainer actually has no experience at his posting, like 0 knowledge. I assume it's another box to fill with Woke people

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 10, 2022 11:13 AM (xhxe8)

13 Prison Rodeo. Stir Crazy. That is all.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 10, 2022 11:13 AM (4I/2K)

14 That Brinton guy wouldn't survive a week in a sensible society.

Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2022 11:14 AM (NVsxt)

15 I only have a partial understanding of how bull riding is scored, beyond needing to stay on for eight seconds.
An active and aggressive bull is essential.
This is not David French talking.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 10, 2022 11:14 AM (eGTCV)

16 @TheInsiderPaper · 5h
Dutch plan two new nuclear power plants by 2035
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Finally although better late than never. I remember reading a long time ago that France with the mot nukes in Europe had the lowest electricity prices and the Netherlands with the most 'wind-power' had the highest prices.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 10, 2022 11:15 AM (Vwz3I)

17 Lets see, lets see, what did I get this time? Rope, chaps, spurs... Yeehaw! Score!!

Posted by: Sam Brinton at December 10, 2022 11:15 AM (oTZbj)

18 Journalists are the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human beings I've ever known in my life.

Posted by: Journalists! at December 10, 2022 11:15 AM (KCOCK)

19 >> I only have a partial understanding of how bull riding is scored

This is the only thing Jonah Goldberg and David French argue over that isn't a sandwich.

Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2022 11:16 AM (NVsxt)

20 Salinas, California has, or used to have a pretty good rodeo.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 10, 2022 11:16 AM (Q4IgG)

21 Rodeo Terms: “BARREL RACER” - Attractive, horse racing woman. Never shy or reserved. Mrs. Throckmorton was a barrel racer in her younger days.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at December 10, 2022 11:17 AM (d9Cw3)

22 No one who knows could guess librarians are just as woke as Teachers are

What happened to shy librarians who turn sexy when they let their hair down and take their glasses off?

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 10, 2022 11:17 AM (eGTCV)

23 Please ignore the troll when he shows up with the newest leftie talking point. You'll know it when you see it.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 10, 2022 11:18 AM (Vwz3I)

24 (Of course, everyone knows that trans people would have no health care access if the GOP were in charge!).

If I was in charge they wouldn't. Why should I pay for that crap?

I love the rodeo. There is one locally here every year.

Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2022 11:18 AM (ZEa+g)

25 BARREL RACER” - Attractive, horse racing woman. Never shy or reserved. Mrs. Throckmorton was a barrel racer in her younger days.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at December 10, 2022 11:17 AM (d9Cw3)

Does she have strong legs?

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 10, 2022 11:18 AM (eGTCV)

26 >>No one who knows could guess librarians are just as woke as Teachers are

If you knew more about Dewey, you would understand why.

Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2022 11:18 AM (NVsxt)

27 Global warming!

@TheInsiderPaper · 5h
JUST IN 🚨 Manchester airport has closed both runways due to 'heavy snowfall' - Sky News

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 10, 2022 11:19 AM (Vwz3I)

28 What happened to shy librarians who turn sexy when they let their hair down and take their glasses off?
Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler?

Pure fiction. When an occupation's primary objective is to tell folks to shut up, where we are today is the logical outcome.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 11:19 AM (qoGsy)

29 Harper and Morgan Rodeo Company was started by a High School friend , Bill Harper. I used to do Little Britches rodeo events but I changed directions to the three conventional sports.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:19 AM (kzH7m)

30 > She came back giddy, and told her mom how amazing it was that the entire time she was there no one talked about climate change or politics or activism or genders.

Some Twatter communist was going off the other day about how her kid was having nightmares about climate change.

Her take, of course, was that we need to go Full Communist Now so her spawn can stop having nightmares.

My take is that she needs to stop fucking her kid's head up with psychological manipulation. Better still, her kid needs to be removed from her custody. It's child abuse, pure and simple.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 10, 2022 11:19 AM (bW8dp)

31 Pumpkin Spice season ended at 12:00am on Friday, November 25. The last pic should be of Ugly Sweater Mobil Oil.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 10, 2022 11:19 AM (Angsy)

32 IMHO the most exciting rodeo event is chuckwagon racing.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 10, 2022 11:20 AM (eGTCV)

33 Prison Rodeo. Stir Crazy. That is all.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 10, 2022 11:13 AM (4I/2K)

Angola.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:20 AM (kzH7m)

34 > If you knew more about Dewey, you would understand why.
Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2022 11:18 AM (NVsxt)

John or Melvil?

Melvil was quite a skeevy horndog.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 10, 2022 11:21 AM (bW8dp)

35 One summer I drove from Chicago to Portland.

I saw my first sign advertising a rodeo in western Nebraska. That is how I knew I was finally in the West.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2022 11:21 AM (KCOCK)

36 I used to do Little Britches rodeo events but I changed directions to the three conventional sports.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:19 AM (kzH7m)

goat roping?

Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2022 11:21 AM (AwYPR)

37 King of the Hill had two episodes on Rodeos. Can't think of a subject that we discuss here that King of the Hill has not covered , at least briefly. Mike Judge would definitely make a good moron.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:22 AM (kzH7m)

38
My wife and I were walking on a trail a couple of days ago. I stared at this cliff next to us and suddenly saw a picture from the early days of the country. The cliff was iron ore. The canal next to us was to carry the ore downstream a couple miles to a steel mill. I could imagine hundreds of workers chipping away at the ore, horses towing the barges down the canal. I could feel the heat at the steel mill as railroad tracks were created. The country was being built by the sweat of an honest days work by a thousand people.

I wonder how many of today's youth have any semblance of pride in pouring cafe lattes at the internet cafe?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 10, 2022 11:23 AM (enJYY)

39 Cual es el mas racista?

a) Calling extreme pointy-toed cowboy boots "Mexican Goat Ropers"

b) Calling extreme pointy-toed cowboy boots "Mexican Fence Climbers"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 10, 2022 11:23 AM (bW8dp)

40 Sam Brinton, in case you missed it.

https://tinyurl.com/ycpts8bw

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:23 AM (BJC33)

41 7 What "job" did Brinton have before his govt. gig?
Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2022 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

Puppy trainer

Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 11:24 AM (Emce2)

42 goat roping?
Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2022 11:21 AM (AwYPR)

Sheep broncing

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:24 AM (kzH7m)

43 I used to photograph rodeos. The only event that I would not ever get into the ring for was bull riding. Scary animals.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 10, 2022 11:25 AM (eGTCV)

44 Angola.
Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:20 AM (kzH7m)

I don't get it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 10, 2022 11:25 AM (4I/2K)

45 Biden should have offered to trade Brinton for the trans-orc basketball player. That would have been more of an even trade, IMO.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 10, 2022 11:25 AM (bW8dp)

46 Not my monkey, not my rodeo.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 10, 2022 11:25 AM (uNylN)

47 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo was always a great time in February.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 10, 2022 11:26 AM (PWvcU)

48 >>What "job" did Brinton have before his govt. gig?

Receptacle.

Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2022 11:26 AM (NVsxt)

49 The best bull riders in the world come from Brazil.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 10, 2022 11:26 AM (eGTCV)

50 Infidel at December 10, 2022 11:18 AM

Trans people have health care. Paying for transition, etc. is separate from regular health care. Reporter uses sloppy language to make conservatives sound like they are excluding trans people from the health care system.

Posted by: KT at December 10, 2022 11:26 AM (rrtZS)

51 Angola.
Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:20 AM (kzH7m)

I don't get it.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 10, 2022 11:25 AM (4I/2K)

That's the prison that has a yearly rodeo event .

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:26 AM (kzH7m)

52 > Receptacle.
Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2022 11:26 AM (NVsxt)

That guy's certainly disposed of a few "fuel rods" in his time, I reckon.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 10, 2022 11:27 AM (bW8dp)

53 Bullfighter: After each bull ride, this person distracts the bull so the cowboy can escape the arena safely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYSeXuPVXH8

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:27 AM (BJC33)

54 >> I used to photograph rodeos. The only event that I would not ever get into the ring for was bull riding. Scary animals.

There was a ranch I used to bird hunt on that raised Rodeo Bulls.

A couple of those sections were scary as hell to hunt, because those fuckers would stalk you and try and run you down.

Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2022 11:27 AM (NVsxt)

55 Chopping off a healthy dick isn't "health care" any more than murdering a healthy baby is "health care".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 10, 2022 11:27 AM (bW8dp)

56 A lot of women around here ride horses. They tend to have good legs.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 10, 2022 11:28 AM (eGTCV)

57 FIRE NY Times crybabies. Problem solved

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damnit! at December 10, 2022 11:28 AM (SSpZR)

58 Parents - liberals in particular - think they're churning out little warriors now, but they aren't. They're churning out depressed, confused, terrified, angry, despondent, lost, broken young adults. As someone who has spent a lifetime fighting depression, seeing what we're doing to our kids fucking infuriates me, and the idea that it's perceived by so many as virtuous sends me over the edge.

I too have struggled with depression since I was in high school. Puberty hit me hard and I went from a carefree outgoing happy kid to almost overnight turned into a shy, insecure completely lacking in self-confidence or social skills teenager. It felt like what is described in the Garden of Eden story where after they ate the apple, they realized they were naked and immediately felt self-conscious. That's what puberty did to me.

I struggled with it all through high school and college and after a couple of half-hearted attempts to end it all, I finally worked to get myself together. Ironically, IRC online chat in 1995 in college helped me to feel better about myself. Was able to talk to people online and realize people liked who I was. (continued...)

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2022 11:29 AM (Do5/p)

59 You post this thread after James Cameron warned you about testosterone toxicity?!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2022 11:29 AM (FVME7)

60 Posted by: KT at December 10, 2022 11:26 AM

That's fine. It's just the whole idea makes me ill.

Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2022 11:29 AM (ZEa+g)

61 @TheInsiderPaper · 11h
NEW 🚨 A federal judge declines to hold Trump in contempt of court in Mar-a-Lago case

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 10, 2022 11:31 AM (Vwz3I)

62 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2022 11:29 AM (Do5/p)

I used to be self conscious...then I went to the beach.

Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2022 11:31 AM (AwYPR)

63 Did you ever whoosh an empty booze bottle? Well . . .

https://bit.ly/3FfmFSF

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2022 11:31 AM (FVME7)

64 Hello....my brain is on barns/shomes today and I really personally don't like them. we have about 8 on our road.

I went to the Huntsville rodeo when I was a kid and we had blast.

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:32 AM (bQL1V)

65 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 10, 2022 11:33 AM (T4tVD)

66 First, they came for the rodeo clowns but I was a mime so I said nothing.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 10, 2022 11:33 AM (Vwz3I)

67 Jumping off ta horse onto the back of steer would cripple me m

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 10, 2022 11:34 AM (eGTCV)

68 Relatively young sportscaster dies in the booth, homophobia blamed.

https://bit.ly/3hlJqMF

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2022 11:34 AM (FVME7)

69 Continued from #58...

IRC chat helped me to realize that people liked me and who I was, even if they didn't see what I looked like. But at least that helped me to realize that if I could at least get more comfortable with my looks with people, I had a chance people would like me for who I was.

But to the part about "They're churning out depressed, confused, terrified, angry, despondent, lost, broken young adults..."... that describes my falling back into the depressive state I was in as a teenager over the past 20 years of following politics. And it has intensified and gotten worse over the past 2-3 years as the Left has completely exposed itself across the world with the WEF, Deep State and taking control of every institution and corporation in the world. It is absolutely horrifying and depressing and I see nothing but dark times ahead for decades before this can be turned around.

I turn 47 in February and it is downright depressing to realize I will spend the rest of my life alone and dealing with this madness in every aspect of life (including work where we have D.I.E foisted on us as well as "climate change" and "electrification" propaganda).

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2022 11:35 AM (Do5/p)

70 >>Relatively young sportscaster dies in the booth, homophobia blamed.

Could have been Climate Induced Dehydration?

Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2022 11:35 AM (NVsxt)

71 Remember when the rodeo clown got fired for wearing an Obama mask?

If I remember right, he'd always worn a mask of the current President, but somehow doing it with Barky O was blasphemy.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 10, 2022 11:35 AM (bW8dp)

72 Continued from #69...

So if this is how I feel as an adult going through this from age 25 in 2001 to age 47 in 2023, I can't imagine how depressing it is for children and teens and young adults in their 20s to deal with this as the only things they have ever known in their lives... not having any memories of a time in the 1980s and 1990s when things were much better than now.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2022 11:36 AM (Do5/p)

73 I heard that one of the homeless regulars at the library was drinking the hand sanitizer.
I bet he'd like the Mobil Pumpkin Spice Engine Oil

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 10, 2022 11:36 AM (O4Ccg)

74 horses just hate me..when I was a teen, I tried to get back on horse bareback...drunk and ya know that thing that happens...hahaha

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:38 AM (bQL1V)

75 Relatively young sportscaster dies in the booth, homophobia blamed.

It doesn't actually matter what he died of - the Narrative demands a certain result.

even *if* somehow the autopsy shows definitively no malfeasance it certainly will be hard to believe it given his bold coverage and reported death threats. How disgusting that this is the world we live in

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 10, 2022 11:38 AM (KCOCK)

76 King of the Hill had two episodes on Rodeos. Can't think of a subject that we discuss here that King of the Hill has not covered , at least briefly. Mike Judge would definitely make a good moron.
Posted by: polynikes

I'm nostalgic for the days when Dale was the weirdest guy I knew.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2022 11:38 AM (FVME7)

77 I wonder how many players and their family at the Army -Navy game will get held up by gun point ?

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:39 AM (kzH7m)

78 kickball is going on...any one up for Hockey?

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:40 AM (bQL1V)

79 .. not having any memories of a time in the 1980s and 1990s when things were much better than now.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
-------------------------------

Kids are growing up with no frame of reference of freedom or Republic or God.

There are small set apart groups; home schooled, devout Jews and Christians that are taught our history and given by example but they aren't bathed in it.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:41 AM (BJC33)

80 Believe it or not we have a rodeo here in New Jersey The Cowtown Rodeo held in Pilegrove . Cowtown has run continuous since 1929. Live rodeo events are aired on TV every Friday night. I watched it as a kid many weeks. It is still running.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damnit! at December 10, 2022 11:42 AM (SSpZR)

81 kickball is going on...any one up for Hockey?
Posted by: halito

Pull together a lively Smear the Queer game and I'm in!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 11:43 AM (qoGsy)

82 truth - Braenyard

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:43 AM (bQL1V)

83 Although I grew up in Texas, we didn't have a rodeo team. The kids who went to my high school mostly lived in town, but since we were on the edge of the city limits, we did have a very large FFA (Future Farmers of America) club made up of kids who lived in surrounding countryside.

Interestingly, one of the handful of black guys at my high school later became a very successful rodeo clown.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 10, 2022 11:43 AM (fTtFy)

84 kickball is going on...any one up for Hockey?

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:40 AM (bQL1V)

There is/was an NHL sponsored? tranny tournament going on...one BIG tranny checked a much smaller tranny and sent it to the hospital.

Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2022 11:44 AM (AwYPR)

85
Pull together a lively Smear the Queer game and I'm in!
Posted by: Tonypete

lol, I remember.

Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2022 11:45 AM (ZEa+g)

86 MSN headline, Trump goes on posting Rampage about Matt T and Twitter.

Nothing about the Twitter docs... just about Trump's 'overreaction' to them.

They are once more burying the story.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 10, 2022 11:45 AM (oHd/0)

87 @TheInsiderPaper · 11h
NEW 🚨 A federal judge declines to hold Trump in contempt of court in Mar-a-Lago case

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 10, 2022 11:31 AM

That is precisely why the Jan 6th committee postponed their last meeting where they are supposedly going to refer criminal charges to the DOJ multiple times. They were hoping that Judge would charge Trump with contempt rendering him ineligible to run for President. Now they have to make something up.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 10, 2022 11:45 AM (uNylN)

88 I went to the Huntsville rodeo when I was a kid and we had blast.
Posted by: halito
----------------------

Did you get that tobacco pouch off the bull's head?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:46 AM (BJC33)

89 On a lighter note, regarding rodeos, I remember going to visit my aunt in Arizona back in 1980s as a kid and she took us to a rodeo. I remember being excited to go, but then not liking it, because to me it looked cruel what they were doing to the animals during the parts where they did the wrangling (?) competitions. Where they send an animal out running and then the person would rope it and wrap it up. As a kid, it seemed cruel to me and I didn't understand why they were doing that and it ruined the rodeo experience for me.

Later, as an adult, I would understand more why these things are done, but, as a southside of Chicago city boy, it was all so foreign to me. I learned early on in life that I had no stomach to do the necessary things to raise animals, especially for food. But also learned to appreciate those things were necessary if we wanted to enjoy eating any food which came from the animals.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2022 11:46 AM (Do5/p)

90 Lefty troll like nazis enjoy Jewish porn. Or football player running the wrong way and enjoying it.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 10, 2022 11:46 AM (qLOm7)

91 Tonypete….what?

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:46 AM (bQL1V)

92 Thanks, Joe!

U.S. Household Wealth Falls Again for Third Consecutive Quarter

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2022 11:47 AM (FVME7)

93 White House Confident Sinema Leaving Party Won't End Dems' Senate Majority

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If Joe says it, you can believe it!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2022 11:48 AM (FVME7)

94 They were hoping that Judge would charge Trump with contempt rendering him ineligible to run for President. Now they have to make something up.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 10, 2022 11:45 AM (uNylN)
=================

They are running out of time.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 11:49 AM (BJC33)

95 Tonypete yeah we played that all the time

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 10, 2022 11:50 AM (xhxe8)

96 Hey Clyde...come to the lake...we have fun and piss on the rest ...time is short...on this old planet...

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:50 AM (bQL1V)

97
not having any memories of a time in the 1980s and 1990s when things were much better than now.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2022 11:36 AM

You're touching on something I was hinting at when I mentioned walking that trail that fueled a steel mill which built the country. In that town the steel mill is now abandoned. The main street tried becoming some kitschy mecca for antiques. That failed. In it's current iteration it's about 90% restaurants.

Those are the jobs for today's youth in that town... the service industry. How utterly depressing it must be to have little or nothing to show for ones labor. No pile of oar, or coal, or stacks of steel waiting to be loaded. Just bringing plates and taking them away.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 10, 2022 11:50 AM (enJYY)

98 Do women still like looking at cowboys in their Wranglers?

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 10, 2022 11:50 AM (eGTCV)

99 FIRE NY Times crybabies. Problem solved
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damnit!

Not really. It's still in New York and your 'talent' pool is almost 100% the same or worse.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 10, 2022 11:51 AM (IyrhE)

100 Wish had a view how front horses are connected to middle pair

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 10, 2022 11:51 AM (xhxe8)

101 There's a rodeo in Okeechobee, FL. It's right next door to a hospital with an ER. Always get a chuckle when I drive by.

Posted by: pawn at December 10, 2022 11:51 AM (wsHtO)

102
I now learn from MSNBC that it's my fault Brittany Grindr has to play in Russia and get arrested. If only WNBA players were paid as much as NBA players, teh women wouldn't have to go abroad.

My bad.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2022 11:52 AM (UWhot)

103 Oh, and for the people puzzled by the reference to Angola, that's where the main Louisiana state prison is and they have an annual rodeo.

When I was growing, the (Texas) State Prison Rodeo at Huntsville was a similarly big deal, but apparently it was discontinued in the 1990s. Not due to political correctness but because it wasn't needed as a fundraiser any longer and the arena was falling apart.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 10, 2022 11:52 AM (fTtFy)

104 E.g it would help America/Britain far more to close 99% of 'conservative' think tank activity in DC/London and put the energy and money into expanding school choice and breaking the state's grip on education by creating new institutions, given how much of politics is downstream of education and how ineffectual most conservative thinking/activity is.

Considering places like National Review Online have been exposed over the past 6-7 years as liars, frauds and grifters since Donald Trump arrived on the political scene, do there exist any "conservative think tanks" anymore?? Other than maybe Hillsdale College and their Imprimus newsletter, I don't know any actual conservative think tanks or "thinkers/activists" at all.

There are people on Twitter and social media who say the words and grift, but there are no people or any group/think tank who/that actually work to educate people on conservatism and are actively working to spread conservativism in the country like the Left and their (Discover the) Networks do.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2022 11:53 AM (Do5/p)

105 NLurker guy....yes on jeans/cowboys...but I prefer real cowboys....think about that one

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:54 AM (bQL1V)

106 NLurker guy @ 98-
They do in ETEX, but I think they are mostly admiring my carry piece, and not my Wranglers.

Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 11:54 AM (mE3sO)

107
When I was growing, the (Texas) State Prison Rodeo at Huntsville was a similarly big deal, but apparently it was discontinued in the 1990s. Not due to political correctness but because it wasn't needed as a fundraiser any longer and the arena was falling apart.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 10, 2022 11:52 AM (fTtFy)

_________

And the prisoners had no experience with livestock.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2022 11:54 AM (UWhot)

108 Last night we attended a packed Christmas candlelight service in a large chapel featuring highly-trained musicians. It was absolutely gorgeous and spiritually uplifting. And not a single person tried to poison anyone's psychological well-being.

Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 11:54 AM (Emce2)

109 Good for you and baseman, Emmie!

Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2022 11:56 AM (ZEa+g)

110 I now learn from MSNBC that it's my fault Brittany Grindr has to play in Russia and get arrested. If only WNBA players were paid as much as NBA players, teh women wouldn't have to go abroad.

My bad.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2022 11:52 AM (UWhot)

Maybe she needs to... oh... I don't know... learn to code?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 10, 2022 11:56 AM (oHd/0)

111 Does Huntsville still have a working prison farm?

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 11:56 AM (kzH7m)

112 Eromero....where is you piece located...left right middle.

have a pistol that I have not used yet.

fam in east. texas....stuck in the twilight zone in OK

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 11:58 AM (bQL1V)

113 Wish had a view how front horses are connected to middle pair
Posted by: Skip's phone

cellphones

Posted by: JT at December 10, 2022 11:58 AM (T4tVD)

114 Morocco pulled it off! Wow!

Posted by: Piper at December 10, 2022 11:59 AM (ZdaMQ)

115 I now learn from MSNBC that it's my fault Brittany Grindr has to play in Russia and get arrested. If only WNBA players were paid as much as NBA players, teh women wouldn't have to go abroad.

My bad.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2022 11:52 AM (UWhot)

based on WNBA revenues, players, on average, are paid 1100X too much

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 11:59 AM (us2H3)

116 JT they have a land line between them so why would they need cellphones?

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 10, 2022 11:59 AM (xhxe8)

117 _________

And the prisoners had no experience with livestock.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
----------------------------------

That was half the fun of it.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 12:01 PM (BJC33)

118 >> 4 Daniel Shaver was straight up murdered by Cop.

He was. I remember that was when everyone became disgusted with Patterico's Pontifications after he looked at the video and said it was not - and he's a Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles.

Posted by: 40 Miles North at December 10, 2022 12:01 PM (uWF4x)

119 Prisoners train wild horses, I believe. now adays.

Rodeos are fun because there are a few bull riders and such in my family...over in tx of course.

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 12:01 PM (bQL1V)

120 Glad to see that poor fella got some remedial justice from that asshole cop shooting him.

Still dead though. What ya gonna do...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 10, 2022 12:02 PM (R/m4+)

121 My son-in-law was on his high school rodeo team in Wyoming. He has the nose to prove it.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 12:02 PM (anj39)

122 My cousin Mark, was a pretty good roper at the local events

I on the other hand, was among the best at the greased pig chasing contests

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:02 PM (us2H3)

123 The disclosure on that Reason tweet is great. This kind of stuff is a good addition to twitface.

Disclosure: Reason Magazine's parent organization, the Reason Foundation, is funded by Google.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 10, 2022 12:02 PM (yQpMk)

124 attention kmart shoppers is it time for a beer yet.

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 12:03 PM (bQL1V)

125
Best thing about rodeos: cowgirls

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2022 12:03 PM (UWhot)

126 halito @ 112-
Usually OWB on right hip. Tune in 600pm tomorrow to learn more.

Posted by: Eromero at December 10, 2022 12:03 PM (7Idk2)

127 Biden Admin Sanctions Chinese Fishing Companies for Human Rights Abuses

-
Using Taiwanese at bait?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 10, 2022 12:04 PM (FVME7)

128 When I was growing, the (Texas) State Prison Rodeo at Huntsville was a similarly big deal, but apparently it was discontinued in the 1990s.

--

That's where Sissy and Bud go on their honeymoon in Urban Cowboy. The Huntsville Prison Rodeo.

Rodeos are fun. I remember one in particular we went to when I was a kid. While travelling out west, Dad took up to Cody, WY.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 10, 2022 12:04 PM (sVtYq)

129 JT they have a land line between them so why would they need cellphones?
Posted by: Skip's phone

Secrets......

Posted by: JT at December 10, 2022 12:05 PM (T4tVD)

130 I don’t think Brinton’s idea of quality roping would be found at a rodeo.

Posted by: Advo at December 10, 2022 12:05 PM (LcnVR)

131 NLurker listening to another Nerd of the Rings on the One Ring

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 10, 2022 12:06 PM (xhxe8)

132 121 My son-in-law was on his high school rodeo team in Wyoming. He has the nose to prove it.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 12:02 PM (anj39)

my little fingers look like an offset wrench from playing basketball

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:06 PM (us2H3)

133 I on the other hand, was among the best at the greased pig chasing contests
Posted by: REDACTED

This isn't quite the same as 'hog night' during college, right?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 12:06 PM (qoGsy)

134 Tale Sam to a rodeo, give him a barrel and put him in the bull riding arena.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at December 10, 2022 12:07 PM (BJC33)

135 but I was a mime so I said nothing.
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at December 10, 2022 11:33 AM (Vwz3I)

I chuckled out loud.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 10, 2022 12:07 PM (yQpMk)

136 131 NLurker listening to another Nerd of the Rings on the One Ring
Posted by: Skip's phone at December 10, 2022 12:06 PM (xhxe

I've watched Nerd of the Rings.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 10, 2022 12:07 PM (eGTCV)

137 looks like I'd better saddle up the old plow truck for tomorrow

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:08 PM (us2H3)

138 Got to watch out for those cowgirls, they know how to do things with ropes.

Posted by: Javems at December 10, 2022 12:08 PM (AmoqO)

139 lady in black...thanks for sharing...we have tons of pictures from our travels as a kid.

WY is awesome...may do a road trip there again.

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 12:09 PM (bQL1V)

140 I event (dressage, stadium jumping and cross country). Barrel racing scares the heck out of me. I know a pretty big cowboy type on the horse circuit and he dared me to barrel race once. I did it, and I know it was like 1/2 speed of the real deal, the horse knew his stuff for sure, and I was terrified. Hats off to y’all who do it!

My other rodeo experience is when I rode said cowboys cutting horse. Now that was so much fun! Again, the horse was clearly telling me to please just stay out of his way, he knew more than me. He was right. I have ridden a few reiners, too. They are fantastic and are so sensitive to cues, it’s a blast.

Posted by: Piper at December 10, 2022 12:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

141 based on WNBA revenues, players, on average, are paid 1100X too much
Posted by: REDACTED

https://youtu.be/QY9Gz_IMn_k

Bill Burr covers this

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 10, 2022 12:09 PM (ifUkZ)

142 This isn't quite the same as 'hog night' during college, right?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 10, 2022 12:06 PM (qoGsy)

didnt go to no colege

but had I, I woulda been a pig in shit on hog night

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:10 PM (us2H3)

143 RODEOS HAVE BARRELS!!!!

You've been warned.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 12:11 PM (anj39)

144 Nice selection of topics to think about, K.T.

Posted by: m at December 10, 2022 12:12 PM (euHgA)

145 Last bull ride I saw was a video clip and and the kid landed on his feet. amazing feat on his feet.

Posted by: halito at December 10, 2022 12:12 PM (bQL1V)

146 My friend, Manuel Franco, is a Western and wildlife artist who has a booth at the Cowboy Christmas show during the NFR every year. He paints mostly with watercolors but is also a very fine sculptor. He's a really nice guy and he and his wife were friends of my parents long before they became friends of mine.

http://msfranco.com/

Posted by: huerfano at December 10, 2022 12:12 PM (dTFZY)

147 I now learn from MSNBC that it's my fault Brittany Grindr has to play in Russia and get arrested. If only WNBA players were paid as much as NBA players, teh women wouldn't have to go abroad.

My bad.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2022 11:52 AM (UWhot)

Maybe this ahhh...person needs to figure out how to sell her product better.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 12:14 PM (anj39)

148 132 121 My son-in-law was on his high school rodeo team in Wyoming. He has the nose to prove it.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 12:02 PM (anj39)

The Owen Wilson look?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 10, 2022 12:14 PM (PiwSw)

149 Best thing about rodeos: cowgirls
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 10, 2022 12:03 PM (UWhot)

+1
https://youtu.be/zZqXb1CLBmc

Posted by: George Strait at December 10, 2022 12:14 PM (4I/2K)

150 >>Kirk Cameron Can't Read His Children's Book To Kids

Saw him on Tucker this week and he's a happy warrior. He's published children's books and his org will send copies to anyone who wants to likewise request time to read books to kids in public libraries. He says Christians should fight like this, not "cry in their Chik-fil-A soup and wait for the rapture" (said with a smile).

And then there's his sister, Candice Cameron Bure, who is once again been made the Person We Must All Hate(tm) for *gasp* saying that her new Christian tv network will not be making romance movies centered on LGBTQ couples.

Their parents raised them well -- two child actors who are sticking to their values and have flourished amid the scum in Hollywood.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 10, 2022 12:15 PM (I/doM)

151 I'm glad the widow of Daniel Shaver is collecting a big check, however the monster who murdered her husband not only was acquitted of any charges, Mesa AZ has awarded him a $2500/month pension as a result of the PTSD he suffered from shooting an unarmed man.

This is one police who absolutely *shouldl* be defunded

Posted by: kallisto at December 10, 2022 12:15 PM (F5on1)

152 I turn 47 in February and it is downright depressing to realize I will spend the rest of my life alone and dealing with this madness in every aspect of life (including work where we have D.I.E foisted on us as well as "climate change" and "electrification" propaganda).
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Please. I'm not saying this to be trite.

Step away from the news and the keyboard and go hike a mountain. Turn off you phone. Leave it in the car. Go for a walk. Or a bike ride. Or an open water swim.

Life is big and beautiful and full or wonder.

Peace be with you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 10, 2022 12:15 PM (LBzpt)

153 And maybe this person needs to, oh I don't know, not take its friggin' drugs into a foreign country.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 12:16 PM (anj39)

154 Morning.

KT is a genius. Referring to Biden's klepto-tranny as "he/they" is brilliant. I mean that's basically how you step around that whole mine field, isn't it? "Okay, I'll use your preferred pronouns, but I still need to be clear in my speech. You are a he/they, she/they, it/they, dragonkin/they." Things aren't always either/or. It's basically embracing the power of "and" while providing a light touch of humor and loving mockery.

Posted by: Robert - Metallica, 72 Seasons, out 4/14 at December 10, 2022 12:16 PM (BBKJB)

155 109 Good for you and baseman, Emmie!
Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2022 11:56 AM (ZEa+g)

Hi, Infidel! The description of the politics-free summer camp brought to mind the non-poisoning aspect of the service. Nobody tried to tell us that the Holy Family was being discriminated against or that they are just like the homeless or illegal immigrants. Beauty and the Advent story were presented with no motive other than to glorify God and bless attenders. It was refreshing and restoring. I was able to give my BS filter a much-needed rest.

Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 12:17 PM (Emce2)

156 Maybe the WNBA can browbeat the NBA into giving its players half of their winnings, like the Wymns Soccer team did? That was genius!*

*And rock-stupid for the men's team to agree to.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 10, 2022 12:18 PM (PiwSw)

157 My late wife was a rider when young. (Not when we met. )
As a teenager she was a teenager she had a horse named Big Red, the biggest, meanest wildest horse in her community. Every one was terrified of Big Red but not Faye. She rode him everywhere.
I can picture Faye galloping around Heaven on the biggest, wildest horse they've got.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 10, 2022 12:19 PM (eGTCV)

158 DIL is daughter and granddaughter of state champion barrel racers in a rodeo state. All Cowboy's Sweethearts in that family.

Now a top seed in Modern Pentathlon, but after the 2024 Olympics the equestrian portion of MP will be replaced by a humans-only obstacle course. I'm sort of hoping she'll take up Cowboy Mounted Shooting "in her old age." It would mean getting away from run/shoot and fencing, though, and I'd miss that.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 10, 2022 12:19 PM (jYCXf)

159 I'd refer to atomic trannie dogboy as shit-for-brains.

But I'm nice.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 10, 2022 12:20 PM (Q4IgG)

160 Hi folks

I am at a diner with FenSpouse. There are a couple behind us wiping away tears so there is something heavy going on. I don't know them but I am asking prayers that rough places be made smooth for them. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 10, 2022 12:20 PM (YsHH2)

161 Posted by: huerfano at December 10, 2022 12:12 PM (dTFZY)

Very nice work by your friend. Looks like he uses all mediums, oil, acrylic and watercolor.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 12:20 PM (kzH7m)

162 The Owen Wilson look?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 10, 2022 12:14 PM (PiwSw)

Ha!
I never thought about it but yeah! That is spot on!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 12:20 PM (anj39)

163 137 looks like I'd better saddle up the old plow truck for tomorrow
Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:08 PM (us2H3)

BLM protesters in your way?

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2022 12:21 PM (BRHaw)

164 141 based on WNBA revenues, players, on average, are paid 1100X too much
Posted by: REDACTED

https://youtu.be/QY9Gz_IMn_k

Bill Burr covers this
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 10, 2022 12:09 PM (ifUkZ)

Love that.

Posted by: m at December 10, 2022 12:21 PM (euHgA)

165 72 So if this is how I feel as an adult going through this from age 25 in 2001 to age 47 in 2023, I can't imagine how depressing it is for children and teens and young adults in their 20s to deal with this as the only things they have ever known in their lives... not having any memories of a time in the 1980s and 1990s when things were much better than now.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2022 11:36 AM (Do5/p)

Your description describes me to a T. Over the past couple of years, I have regressed from depression into despondency. I have no hope for a future that isn't a dystopian nightmare and I'm just biding my time before the destruction of my livelihood and eventual violent demise.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at December 10, 2022 12:21 PM (DTX3h)

166 I want half of the hooker pay for services that I gave away for free

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:22 PM (us2H3)

167 My other rodeo experience is when I rode said cowboys cutting horse. Now that was so much fun! Again, the horse was clearly telling me to please just stay out of his way, he knew more than me. He was right. I have ridden a few reiners, too. They are fantastic and are so sensitive to cues, it’s a blast.
Posted by: Piper at December 10, 2022 12:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

all my brain saw was
My other rodeo experience is when I rode said cowboys

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2022 12:22 PM (BRHaw)

168 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 10, 2022 12:20 PM (YsHH2)

Will do, Fen. We have a practice of praying for strangers because you never know when someone needs prayer.

Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 12:22 PM (Emce2)

169 My first rodeo was around 1960, when I was a little kid.

It was at, get this, Camp Pendleton.

It was great. Many years later, some friends and I went to a rodeo inside the San Diego Sports Arena. Boy did that stink, literally.

A year or two later I went to the rodeo in Lakeside, CA. Ah. Warm summer days. Young women in halter tops and short shorts. Hubba hubba.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at December 10, 2022 12:23 PM (I9VC/)

170 *Clyde Shelton*, you do know the world will continue on its merry path, either to redemption or total annihilation, whether you are on pins and needles every day following every move of politicians and other assorted miscreants?

I didn't start paying attention to politics until the 1996 election. Prior to that I thought that the entire system was a clowncar/shitshow and just ignored every development. I clearly recall the wailing and gnashing of teeth when the Republicans took the House in 1994. And now look at the libtards - they own it all now.

And someday, maybe not in our lifetimes, the pendulum will swing back at least to center, if not all the way right. Also I'm an observant Catholic and really, my focus is more on staying on God's good side rather than following every moment of what the Insane Clown Posse is creating for our consumption and amusement

Posted by: kallisto at December 10, 2022 12:23 PM (F5on1)

171 Pumpkin Spice season ended at 12:00am on Friday, November 25. The last pic should be of Ugly Sweater Mobil Oil.

I don't care about the flavor but the 0W-20 engines need filters with different internal bypass valves. Means a bunch of searching first.

Posted by: DaveA at December 10, 2022 12:24 PM (FhXTo)

172 I lost interest in rodeos after Carl died.

No point in dredging up the past.

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 12:24 PM (Zbekl)

173 Thanks for your sensitivity Fenelon. Am praying m

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 10, 2022 12:24 PM (eGTCV)

174 because you never know when someone needs prayer.
Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 12:22 PM (Emce2)

Well, that doesn't make a lot of sense. Of course we all need prayer all of the time. But it seems right to offer an extra boost of prayer support when you sense someone is facing a challenge or distress.

Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 12:25 PM (Emce2)

175 all my brain saw was
My other rodeo experience is when I rode said cowboys
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 10, 2022 12:22 PM (BRHaw)

Looked also like ridden a few shriners...

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 12:25 PM (anj39)

176 What "job" did Brinton have before his govt. gig?
Posted by: BignJames at December 10, 2022 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

Annoying Faggot At Large?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2022 12:25 PM (tkR6S)

177 146 My friend, Manuel Franco, is a Western and wildlife artist who has a booth at the Cowboy Christmas show during the NFR every year. He paints mostly with watercolors but is also a very fine sculptor. He's a really nice guy and he and his wife were friends of my parents long before they became friends of mine.

http://msfranco.com/
Posted by: huerfano at December 10, 2022 12:12 PM (dTFZY)

Amazing talents!

Posted by: m at December 10, 2022 12:26 PM (euHgA)

178 Clyde Shelton
I second what Nurse says.
The world outside of a keyboard and screen is a wonder filled place. Lose the phone. I hardly ever carry mine anymore.

Shoveled the 5" of snow that fell overnight. Snowing again but is supposed to turn to freezing rain.

No where to go so I'm pretty content.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at December 10, 2022 12:26 PM (P+D9B)

179 as I commented before, I played pickup with Lady magic and for a girl, she was OK

but I have watched clips of Grindr and she is almost as slow as a stump

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:26 PM (us2H3)

180 At the airport, time to wait. Some goodbyes this morning, with lots of tears.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:26 PM (phEmZ)

181 Carl has even been inducted in the Texas Rodeo Cowboy HoF:

https://tinyurl.com/yvdzjvwp

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 12:27 PM (Zbekl)

182 as I commented before, I played pickup with Lady magic and for a girl, she was OK

but I have watched clips of Grindr and she is almost as slow as a stump
Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:26 PM (us2H3)

And the ladies have the advantage of playing with a smaller ball.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 12:27 PM (kzH7m)

183 I don't go to rodeos, but a girl I once knew was big into horseback riding, and did like rodeos. I learned this song from her. Sometimes I sing it to myself when I go to work. I do not work at a rodeo

The Rodeo Song
[Verse 1]
Well, it's forty below and I don't give a fuck
Got a heater in my truck and I'm off to the rodeo
[Chorus]
(And) It's an allemande left and allemande right
C'mon you fuckin' dummy, get your right step right
Get off stage, you goddamn goof, get off
Piss me off, fucking jerk, get on my nerves
[Verse 2]
Well, here comes Johnny with his pecker in his hand
He's a one-ball man and he's off to the rodeo
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Well, it's forty below and I ain't got a truck
And I don't give a fuck 'cause I'm off to the rodeo
[Verse 4]
Well, here comes Johnny with his pecker in his hand
He's a one-ball man and he's off to the rodeo

Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at December 10, 2022 12:28 PM (tjZg/)

184 Rodeos originated when one cowboy said to another cowboy, "Hold my beer....".

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 10, 2022 12:28 PM (BdMk6)

185 If you knew more about Dewey, you would understand why.
Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2022 11:18 AM (NVsxt)

Dewey or Don'the? Only his hairdresser knows for sure.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2022 12:29 PM (tkR6S)

186 Carl has even been inducted in the Texas Rodeo Cowboy HoF:

https://tinyurl.com/yvdzjvwp

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 12:27 PM (Zbekl)

I'm sorry SMH but I do not know who Carl is. Your former husband?

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 12:29 PM (kzH7m)

187 I'm sorry SMH but I do not know who Carl is. Your former husband?
___

Yes, he died in 2016, from lung cancer.

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 12:30 PM (Zbekl)

188 And the ladies have the advantage of playing with a smaller ball.
Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 12:27 PM (kzH7m)

if you got something to say, spit it out !!

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:31 PM (us2H3)

189 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 10, 2022 11:36 AM (Do5/p)

Your description describes me to a T. Over the past couple of years, I have regressed from depression into despondency. I have no hope for a future that isn't a dystopian nightmare and I'm just biding my time before the destruction of my livelihood and eventual violent demise.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at December 10, 2022 12:21 PM (DTX3h)

Find people you can love, and love them! If you don't have any, get some!!

You aren't alone, and if you think you are, you need to change your perspective. Anybody can connect to other humans, even I figured that out.

Nothing happening on a global scale prevents you from doing so, and that's where life is lived. With love.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:32 PM (phEmZ)

190 I'm sorry SMH but I do not know who Carl is. Your former husband?
___

Yes, he died in 2016, from lung cancer.
Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 12:30 PM (Zbek

Seemed to be a man's man. F cancer.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 12:32 PM (kzH7m)

191 Grant Wahl: clot shot?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at December 10, 2022 12:32 PM (sFONh)

192 if you got something to say, spit it out !!
Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:31 PM (us2H3)

That's what he said.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 12:33 PM (kzH7m)

193 He was a good man, who had a tough life.

Seems to be the case with the men in my life, heh.

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 12:33 PM (Zbekl)

194 Yes, he died in 2016, from lung cancer.
Posted by: SMH

I remember.

Posted by: Infidel at December 10, 2022 12:33 PM (ZEa+g)

195 My boyfriend is starting to get spun up lately by every outrage du jour, like he started going off about Britney Griner and I finally told him to just shut up, there's nothing we can do about it.

But you know what we *can* do? We can offer a lending hand to someone in need, maybe someone who is neglected by society at large. We can volunteer in whichever arena we feel called. We can go outside and plant a tree.

There's so much we can do to help out there.

Posted by: kallisto at December 10, 2022 12:33 PM (F5on1)

196
And the ladies have the advantage of playing with a smaller ball.
Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 12:27 PM (kzH7m)

I'm so sorry for anyone who only has one, and it's smaller.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:34 PM (phEmZ)

197 Except Hitler, of course.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:34 PM (phEmZ)

198 The Daniel Shaver murder really pisses me off. Never seen such a blatant case of police misconduct--by every cop on that scene. And only $8M? Should have been $800M.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 10, 2022 12:35 PM (S7une)

199 And before engaging with some idiot who thinks your children/grandchildren should have access to the LGBQ Drag Queen bullshit, ask why the queenies need to have access to your children/grandchildren.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 12:35 PM (anj39)

200 "expanding healthcare access to trans people". (Of course, everyone knows that trans people would have no health care access if the GOP were in charge!).
-------------
They mean Republicans might not force health plans to cover sex change surgeries like all Democrats want them to. They are also implying, but not saying, that Republicans would deny any healthcare for "trans" people so stupid people will think that.

Posted by: zmdavid at December 10, 2022 12:36 PM (xqRaG)

201 Grant Wahl, US Soccer reporter who became famous after being refused entry to the World Soccer games in Qatar for wearing a rainbow colored t shirt in support of the Alphabet people, fell over dead in his chair yesterday while covering the matches. He had immediate medical attention that continued while he was taken to a hospital but was declared dead in emergency. He had been complaining of chest pain and pressure g do or a week and had visited a medical clinic twice, being given antibiotics for presumed bronchitis. I presume he had a pulmonary embolism that was undiagnosed. I’m sure he was vaccinated up the wazoo for Covid since he seemed focused on that in his reporting from Qatar, having expressed surprise that Qatar is not Covid central since they are so backwards about gays and such. Story ESPN

Posted by: Jen the original at December 10, 2022 12:36 PM (kwFKO)

202 There's so much we can do to help out there.
Posted by: kallisto at December 10, 2022 12:33 PM (F5on1)

Amen. Despair is a choice. So is gratitude.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:36 PM (phEmZ)

203 The Daniel Shaver murder really pisses me off. Never seen such a blatant case of police misconduct--by every cop on that scene. And only $8M? Should have been $800M.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 10, 2022 12:35 PM (S7une)

The Walter Scott murder is a close second in my Hulk Smash anger. I would have gladly sentenced both cops to death.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 12:38 PM (kzH7m)

204 Posted by: Jen the original at December 10, 2022 12:36 PM (kwFKO)

Odds very good it was caused by the clot shot.

Posted by: polynikes at December 10, 2022 12:40 PM (kzH7m)

205 But you know what we *can* do? We can offer a lending hand to someone in need, maybe someone who is neglected by society at large. We can volunteer in whichever arena we feel called. We can go outside and plant a tree.

There's so much we can do to help out there.
Posted by: kallisto[/i

That's what Jordan Peterson meant by 'clean your room.' Though he was talking to 'change the world' types, his point was fix your own life, then start outside your door, then the next neighborhood, and then the town, state, aaaaand then maybe, just maybe you can start think about 'changing the world.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 10, 2022 12:41 PM (IyrhE)

206 187 I'm sorry SMH but I do not know who Carl is. Your former husband?
___

Yes, he died in 2016, from lung cancer.

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 12:30 PM (Zbekl)

Looks like a man.

Posted by: Javems at December 10, 2022 12:41 PM (AmoqO)

207 Yeah that Shaver case... he reached for his waistband, probably to pull up his pants, since he was unarmed, and the cops shot him to pieces. I get that they were wound up (someone called a gun threat in and cops are very scared in those circumstances) but that was not only insanely unwarranted, but downright murder.

That brain - faith - immigration post is very curious. I wonder how much other stuff they left out to focus on only those two things, and I wonder how much the left thinks this is some kind of win when they are only showing that it takes brain damage to reject God and ignore immigration problems.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2022 12:41 PM (0hOvj)

208 Fred Astaire, Marlon Brando and Robert Taylor were all born in Nebraska

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:41 PM (us2H3)

209 There's so much we can do to help out there.
Posted by: kallisto at December 10, 2022 12:33 PM (F5on1)

Somewhere there is someone who needs your advice. You don't know who, and they don't realize it. Maybe the guy two stools down at the bar. Maybe the barber. Maybe the barista you see from time to time. A pleasant word, a friendly brief chat, a smile and a simple thankyou might be just the thing they need.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 12:41 PM (anj39)

210 I love a rodeo!
So much that I bought a house near the Cow Palace. I remember when the livestock would be driven up Geneva Avenue from the trains.
No rodeos lately, we get the occasional dog show.
Right now, lots of rain and wind.
Glug.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 10, 2022 12:43 PM (jTmQV)

211 You have to be brave---or stupid--to "pounce" on Sam Brinton. There's a real risk of getting an STD--even if you're just in the same room with him/it/they/whatever lil Sammy wants to be called.

As for bull riding, I had a cousin who grew up in a small Southeastern Arizona town. Up through his early 20s he loved to ride the bulls. Managed to do so without serious injury, although I looked at what he did and doubted his smarts.

Posted by: GlendaleGreybeard at December 10, 2022 12:45 PM (K57hO)

212 But you know what we *can* do? We can offer a lending hand to someone in need, maybe someone who is neglected by society at large. We can volunteer in whichever arena we feel called. We can go outside and plant a tree.

Yeah, care for your family. Love them and cherish them. Protect them and be ready for trouble. Focus on what you can change and what you can accomplish, don't spend your strength on helpless outrage and fear or frustration.

Take tangible action to make the world better where you are, and reach out to your neighbor. Even if we could change everything, it will take time. I found this a very helpful video:

https://youtu.be/W7z8XT4pxAY

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2022 12:45 PM (0hOvj)

213 there's no surer route to damnation than giving advice

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:45 PM (us2H3)

214 There's so much we can do to help out there.
Posted by: kallisto[/i

That's what Jordan Peterson meant by 'clean your room.' Though he was talking to 'change the world' types, his point was fix your own life, then start outside your door, then the next neighborhood, and then the town, state, and then maybe, just maybe you can start think about 'changing the world.'
Posted by: weft cut-loop

How can you change the world
If you cannot change yourself?
If you need help
Inquire within

Posted by: A face in the crowd...... at December 10, 2022 12:45 PM (tjZg/)

215 At the airport, time to wait. Some goodbyes this morning, with lots of tears.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:26 PM (phEmZ)

Where are you flying to? PHX? Do you have ground transport arranged?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2022 12:45 PM (tkR6S)

216 Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 12:41 PM (anj39)

Yes, just that.

However I don't want to leave the impression that I'm just blissfully moving through life with my head in the sand. When my employer pressured me to take the mRna jab, I took a stand. At my job I have the ability to steer people away from #Woke bullshit, and I do so every chance I get.

We just have to know our scope of influence and how to use it.

Posted by: kallisto at December 10, 2022 12:47 PM (F5on1)

217 I like Thomas Sowell, but his "people are just jealous of the Jews" is the intellectual equivalent of AOC's "they just want to date me."

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 10, 2022 12:48 PM (LI2tq)

218 . A pleasant word, a friendly brief chat, a smile and a simple thankyou might be just the thing they need.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 12:41 PM (anj39)

That's where I am. Anyone who knows my tale of woe, I've become something of a zen monk, turning the conversation to one of love and kindness. Because.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:49 PM (phEmZ)

219 One of the reasons I love this place is because it is a sanity check. It's reassuring to know that other people can see the things going on that we see. But we need to watch out that we don't become fixated on the bad news.

That's another thing I love about this place. We are a source of joy and perspective and comradeship for each other.

Nurse is right -- we get splattered by ugliness constantly. Take time to bathe in beauty regularly. Nature is a wonderful source of refreshment. Go breathe in the beauty of God's creation. Classical music is another. This is music created for beauty. Go to a symphony performance or a religious (healthy-religious, not left-hijacked-religious) service featuring well-trained musicians. Let it lift your spirit and let your heart be open to God's voice.

Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 12:49 PM (Emce2)

220 I like Thomas Sowell, but his "people are just jealous of the Jews" is the intellectual equivalent of AOC's "they just want to date me."
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
___

I don't think so.

I think envy is the root of a lot of evil being done nowadays, and not just to the Jewish people.

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 12:51 PM (Zbekl)

221 At my job I have the ability to steer people away from #Woke bullshit, and I do so every chance I get.

We just have to know our scope of influence and how to use it.
Posted by: kallisto at December 10, 2022 12:47 PM (F5on1)

Jealous here. Good for you!

Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 12:51 PM (Emce2)

222 Hope you have something nice planned for this weekend.

I plan to get a year older this weekend. 29 at last!

Posted by: Cybersmythe at December 10, 2022 12:53 PM (iZEhM)

223 Hitler: unvaxxxed!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at December 10, 2022 12:53 PM (sFONh)

224 *hugs to Christopher*

Glad to see you here.

Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 12:53 PM (Emce2)

225 That brain - faith - immigration post is very curious. I wonder how much other stuff they left out to focus on only those two things, and I wonder how much the left thinks this is some kind of win when they are only showing that it takes brain damage to reject God and ignore immigration problems.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2022 12:41 PM (0hOvj)

Stimulating various parts of the brain have different results, they have one series of areas to suppress symptoms of depression and it seems to work well, and there is another area that will let you work like a machine in doing hand eye coordination like playing video games, but it does it by suppressing the brain's ability to determine the difference between valid targets and allies, and lets it just target without making those considerations.
It is just a way to suppress function in various areas of the brain.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 10, 2022 12:54 PM (xhaym)

226 Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:26 PM (phEmZ)

Where are you flying to? PHX? Do you have ground transport arranged?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2022 12:45 PM (tkR6S)

No, heading to St Louis, my son is staying with his sister while I get things settled in AZ. Probably about a month. I'm gonna miss that boy something fierce, but it's good they get to spend time together.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:54 PM (phEmZ)

227 Super proud of my wife. First female and second overall at the inaugural Space Force 10 miler today at Canaveral SFS.

Posted by: Dave in Fla (there is no path to 270) at December 10, 2022 12:54 PM (5p7BC)

228 attention seeking has got somewhat out of hand

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:54 PM (us2H3)

229 I like Thomas Sowell, but his "people are just jealous of the Jews" is the intellectual equivalent of AOC's "they just want to date me."

I think there is something to it, because he specifically includes other groups like Koreans and other east Asian groups. And there is a lot of anger and hate toward Asian groups among many Americans for what they accomplish through hard work, cleverness, and sometimes being a bit hard hearted in their business practices.

Particularly leftist narrative pushers despise them for this accomplishment because it damages their message and it made them come up with the Asian-excluding term "BIPOC".

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2022 12:55 PM (0hOvj)

230 Trust God. Clean house. Help others. It's the simple road to a good life whether there's friends around you or not.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 10, 2022 12:55 PM (BdMk6)

231 >>>Best thing about rodeos: cowgirls

>I've had more than a couple ask me for a dip. I'm pretty certain they just wanted to stare at my ass.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 10, 2022 12:56 PM (geVLo)

232 there's no surer route to damnation than giving advice
Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:45 PM (us2H3)

Only if you're bad at it.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:56 PM (phEmZ)

233 It is just a way to suppress function in various areas of the brain.

Yeah but its another term for brain damage as well.

And thank you Emmie, its good to see you as well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2022 12:56 PM (0hOvj)

234 227 Super proud of my wife. First female and second overall at the inaugural Space Force 10 miler today at Canaveral SFS.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (there is no path to 270) at December 10, 2022 12:54 PM (5p7BC

Woo hoo! Congrats!

Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 12:56 PM (Emce2)

235 Anyone seen Vic lately? I miss his weekend news roundup.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 10, 2022 12:57 PM (Wy1BU)

236 Hung Up?...not on the horns, that is a rarity. Caught in the bull rope is the main risk, dragged around, flung around, stepped on while the safety men and clowns try to get the riders hand free.
I grew up in Texas, had a rodeo arena on campus in highschool, Yuuuuge football stadium of course, no baseball diamonds. FFA was a big deal, nearly half of the students wore blue jackets every day, long hairs could not walk on the FFA side of the quad. I got on a couple of bulls, sign the waiver, pay $15, get tossed off well before the buzzer, bull spins right around and comes back at you(actually trying to get to the exit chute, but YOU think he is gonna kill you)get laughed at by the real bullriders, but have a feather you can wear for the rest of your life that most people don't.(and as a longhair, the FFA guys will then leave you alone, you don't have to fight them all because of your hair, instead, only fight an occasional few of them over a girl, Texas girl's favorite game was "Let's you and him Fight!")

Posted by: birddog at December 10, 2022 12:57 PM (uAI4S)

237 Trust God. Clean house. Help others. It's the simple road to a good life whether there's friends around you or not.

Amen.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2022 12:57 PM (0hOvj)

238 >I've had more than a couple ask me for a dip. I'm pretty certain they just wanted to stare at my ass.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 10, 2022 12:56 PM (geVLo)

pics ??

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:57 PM (us2H3)

239 I was wondering about Vic, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 10, 2022 12:58 PM (0ZuC6)

240 183
'The Rodeo Song
.
.
.
'Piss me off, fucking jerk, get on my nerves'

Whenever I meet another driver on the interstate that doesn't meet my standard for driving this line will sometimes go through my mind.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 10, 2022 12:58 PM (roH4R)

241 Hitler: unvaxxxed!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at December 10, 2022 12:53 PM (sFONh)

Worst of all, misgendered trans people, frequently. His words were literally killing people. What a jerk.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:59 PM (phEmZ)

242 Super proud of my wife. First female and second overall at the inaugural Space Force 10 miler today at Canaveral SFS.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (there is no path to 270) at December 10, 2022 12:54 PM (5p7BC)

Very cool!
I think it would be a kick to run at the Cape. Sadly my running days are behind me.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 01:00 PM (anj39)

243 Super proud of my wife. First female and second overall at the inaugural Space Force 10 miler today at Canaveral SFS.

Wow, that is really good, congrats to her for her amazing run.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2022 01:00 PM (0hOvj)

244 Gotta go out to change oil on my van. Usually have it done the week after Thanksgiving, but late because I'm getting over a cold. Time to drain the Pumpkin Spice Oil and replace with a Pine/Peppermint Blend.

Posted by: Lance McBoyle at December 10, 2022 01:01 PM (dXilO)

245 232 there's no surer route to damnation than giving advice
Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:45 PM (us2H3)

Only if you're bad at it.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:56 PM (phEmZ)

thank you for suportting my theory

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 01:01 PM (us2H3)

246 Super proud of my wife. First female and second overall at the inaugural Space Force 10 miler today at Canaveral SFS

Quite an accomplishment. Congrats.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 10, 2022 01:02 PM (Xrfse)

247 Most public libraries today are basically daytime hangouts for bums.

Posted by: Bigsmith at December 10, 2022 01:02 PM (0qLmS)

248 It would be beyond crazy if he were at the airport this week because he/they attended the rodeo

Preach, girl-friend! I wouldn't be caught dead in that cesspool of toxic masculinity and Trumperism...

[B)Pickup men After each ride, these men will help direct or catch stray stock and lead them to the exit.
Hung up: When the cowboy gets caught on one of the bull's horns during bull riding.
Riggin': This is a type of suitcase hold, customized to a rider's grip

Oh my! I see those cowboys are into Kink a lot more than I realized! They have a LOT to teach a naughty them like me...and I could show them a thing or two about ropes, leather, and the 'ole prison wallet...

Posted by: Sam Brinton at December 10, 2022 01:02 PM (NCgXW)

249 Never give advice...
The wise don't need it
The fool won't heed it.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 10, 2022 01:03 PM (Wy1BU)

250 Running at the Cape is super cool. Its a closed base so this is the only opportunity for civvies to see some of the old structures from 50 years of the space program.

One of the highlights is the Mercury 7 Monument, which is very well done, but inaccessible to the public, except for this race. It is right next to the first bunker used for mission control.

Posted by: Dave in Fla (there is no path to 270) at December 10, 2022 01:04 PM (5p7BC)

251 the road to hell is paved with people who think they have good advice

along with good intentions

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 01:04 PM (us2H3)

252 L A city council man de Leon mobbed by woke gang, cold cocked with a headbutt, but nEwS vid only shows him struggling with the perp, see, DELEON, HIMS A BAD BAD MANS!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at December 10, 2022 01:05 PM (pIgH5)

253 there's no surer route to damnation than giving advice
Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 12:45 PM (us2H3)

Only if you're bad at it.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 12:56 PM (phEmZ)

thank you for suportting my theory
Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 01:01 PM (us2H3)
***
Snort!
Now this made me chuckle.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 01:05 PM (anj39)

254 NFR would have been better, and more authentic if the mob in LV hadn't stolen it from OKC.

Posted by: Blindbutch at December 10, 2022 01:05 PM (q+hVn)

255 249 Never give advice...
The wise don't need it
The fool won't heed it.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 10, 2022 01:03 PM (Wy1BU)

Also, there are very few problems that can be solved by slapping a hot iron to it.

Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 01:05 PM (Emce2)

256 My son grew up with his Mom in ohio, I was in town and he was over, mesmerized by the computer when I turned on the PBR, he stopped with the myspace stuff and watched it with me. I asked if he wanted to go see the real deal some day...he did, PBR came to Detroit, I made some calls, got some VIP seats and chute passes, got him up close to the bulls, shook hands with some riders he'd seen on TV....on the way back to his Moms house he asked if there was anyplace nearby to learn to bull ride. I laughed and asked him if he wanted to be a bullrider when he grew up...he laughed and said "Noooo...but I might like to be one UNTIL I grow up"(I did find a roughstock arena/school nearby, asked his Mom she said "Oh HELL NO!")

Posted by: birddog at December 10, 2022 01:05 PM (uAI4S)

257 Q: What's the difference between a Gay Rodeo and a Straight Rodeo?
A: At the Straight Rodeo, the crowd chants, "Ride them suckers!"

Posted by: Darwin Akbar at December 10, 2022 01:05 PM (JV6n/)

258 249 Never give advice...
The wise don't need it
The fool won't heed it.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 10, 2022 01:03 PM (Wy1BU)

yes , a million times

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 01:06 PM (us2H3)

259
249 Never give advice...
The wise don't need it
The fool won't heed it.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 10, 2022 01:03 PM (Wy1BU)

I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 01:06 PM (phEmZ)

260 Brinton would have a very high clearance in that job. Does he still have it? None of us would have it if charged with a felony much less the massive deviant behavior.

Posted by: Dingbat at December 10, 2022 01:07 PM (kVCOG)

261 Most public libraries today are basically daytime hangouts for bums.

Do NOT sit on the fabric chairs!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at December 10, 2022 01:07 PM (pIgH5)

262 do not be a burden to anyone

Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 01:08 PM (us2H3)

263 Most public libraries today are basically daytime hangouts for bums.

Do NOT sit on the fabric chairs!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at December 10, 2022 01:07 PM (pIgH5)

Does this go in the advice category or the fair warning category?

Hmmm...

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 10, 2022 01:09 PM (Wy1BU)

264 167 Ha! Yeah, no. When I got divorced, I really thought when I was ready to date again I would only consider a true cowboy. I think I just romanticized the whole notion plus the bonus of someone who understood my love of horses. I am with someone who couldn’t be more opposite of a cowboy if I tried. The world is a funny place!

Posted by: Piper at December 10, 2022 01:10 PM (ZdaMQ)

265 Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Clyde (and others) thought I would repost this comment from chaplain Fen because I think a lot of people need this to think about!

"Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
~
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Heschel was a rabbi who was born in Poland who died about 1972- a great Jewish writer and thinker
and spiritual man.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 08, 2022 05:46 AM (Nbn6b)"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 01:10 PM (hOUT3)

266 do not be a burden to anyone
Posted by: REDACTED at December 10, 2022 01:08 PM (us2H3)

You are a font of wisdom today. I'm writing this all down.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 10, 2022 01:10 PM (phEmZ)

267 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2022 12:55 PM (0hOvj)

I disagree. American culture is one of hero worship.

If anything, our culture tends to lionize people that are successful.

To solely attribute disdain as jealousy or envy is to ignore any self-examination. Saying "they're just jealous of you, honey" is what you say to an upset child, but it isn't reality.

John Mearsheimer isn't "jealous" when he assesses the Israeli lobbies disproportionate influence on America's foreign policy. He's assessing the the situation from a neutral, rationalist position, and yet many would accuse him of anti-semitism.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 10, 2022 01:10 PM (LI2tq)

268 Was there a rodeo at my high school?

Never in my life have I been asked this question.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 10, 2022 01:10 PM (EZebt)

269 Anyone seen Vic lately? I miss his weekend news roundup.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Is a roundup like a rodeo?

Posted by: A face in the crowd...... at December 10, 2022 01:10 PM (tjZg/)

270 Brinton would have a very high clearance in that job. Does he still have it? None of us would have it if charged with a felony much less the massive deviant behavior.
Posted by: Dingbat

But then, "we" are not special people!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 10, 2022 01:11 PM (hOUT3)

271 I remember when that rodeo clown wore an Obama mask and the left went batshit insane rayciss!

The horror, the horror...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 10, 2022 01:13 PM (R/m4+)

272 So Dave in Fla she's the athlete of the family?

Posted by: Skip at December 10, 2022 01:14 PM (xhxe8)

273 "Sam Brinton was charged with his second felony for stealing luggage, this time from the Las Vegas airport"

"she sounds hideous"

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 10, 2022 01:15 PM (Wy1BU)

274 Brinton would have a very high clearance in that job. Does he still have it? None of us would have it if charged with a felony much less the massive deviant behavior.
Posted by: Dingbat
------
By prior standards, he never would have had it in the first place. Neither would the Clintons, Obama, and many of their staffs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 10, 2022 01:15 PM (+apjR)

275 Well...lots to do.
And so the obligatory GO ARMY. BEAT NAVY!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 01:16 PM (anj39)

276 Trump's breath is a National Sercurity Threat because it REEKS....

Posted by: Dorcus Blimline at December 10, 2022 01:18 PM (VV4Zk)

277 By prior standards, he never would have had it in the first place. Neither would the Clintons, Obama, and many of their staffs.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 10, 2022 01:15 PM (+apjR)

This is true. Having a top security clearance used to mean something.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 10, 2022 01:18 PM (BdMk6)

278 When I first started coming down to AR in the winter, I would land a job at a now defunct furniture factory. One of the full time guys was a former rodeo cowboy from OK. Heckuva nice guy, at that time in his early thirties. We were sitting in the lunch area, and he got up. Sounded like a Rice Krispies commercial, Snap, Crackle, Pop. Guy had one of those quiet, monotone voices, like the old actor Ben Johnson. And a whole bunch of award buckles. He would hold up his pinky finger and say that was the only thing unbroken.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 10, 2022 01:18 PM (lz5hY)

279 'Were there rodeos at your high school?"

No, but there were at my college. The primary activity on Saturday nights was beer drinking and haybale roping.

Posted by: fd at December 10, 2022 01:18 PM (sn5EN)

280 "We could use him as a footstool
Or a table to play Scrabble on
Then tie him up and beat him up
And throw him out of Babylon"

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 10, 2022 01:19 PM (Wy1BU)

281 "Sam Brinton was charged with his second felony for stealing luggage, this time from the Las Vegas airport"
"she sounds hideous"
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 10, 2022 01:15 PM (Wy1BU)

It's too bad someone doesn't catch this sodomite in the act and beat him senseless on camera.

I would watch and rewatch and rewatch...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 10, 2022 01:20 PM (R/m4+)

282 I've never understood how bull riding came to be an event. I can't imagine a situation where you'd need to ride the bull.
penning, bull dogging, those are things that you'd do on a ranch. I see no reason to ride a bull.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 10, 2022 01:20 PM (QOU0Y)

283 Nuther story...I had a friend hitchiked down from Ohio to visit me in Texas when we were both about 16, he called from North of Houston, and I drove up to get him, it was Houston Rodeo week and the trail rides were all coming in as we passed through...wagons, buggies, horses filling up one lane of each of the highways as they all gathered at the Astrodome. He asked what was up with that...I sez..."Horse and buggy lane, it's like this everyday". He told people about that for nearly 5 years until he moved to Texas and found out the truth. heehee

Posted by: birddog at December 10, 2022 01:22 PM (uAI4S)

284 I see no reason to ride a bull.
Posted by: CaliGirl
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This is why women live longer than men.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 10, 2022 01:23 PM (e8qft)

285 Mazel tov Dave's wife

I haven't seen Vic in a week or two

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 10, 2022 01:28 PM (EZebt)

286 Interesting question CaliGirl. But I love the set up in the Tall T where Randolph Scott loses the money to buy the bull he wanted for his little ranch by letting the big owner talk him into the bet of riding the bull to get it for free against his horse. I imagine bull riding got started as the extreme version of being able to ride a bronc.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 10, 2022 01:28 PM (3cGpq)

287 Bull riders?

Board Track motorcycle racers!

"Splinters"

https://www.bullmotorcycles.com/board-track-racers

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at December 10, 2022 01:29 PM (pIgH5)

288 Bulls can be trained to be rideable

Posted by: Skip at December 10, 2022 01:34 PM (xhxe8)

289
Board Track motorcycle racers!

"Splinters"
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Pole climbing contests. Climbing irons make *lots* of splinters in those poles. It isn't the trip up that is so risky...it's the trip down.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 10, 2022 01:35 PM (dY36R)

290 I've noticed that when giving advice
1) If you warn others against a mistake you have made, you are a hypocrite.
2) If you warn others against a mistake you have not personally made, you are judgmental and additionally you are ignorant about the issue.

Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 01:37 PM (Emce2)

291 My piano teacher's older friend's husband was a former rodeo rider and bronc buster. His insides were so scrambled that his organs had switched positions.

Posted by: KT at December 10, 2022 01:38 PM (rrtZS)

292 He told people about that for nearly 5 years until he moved to Texas and found out the truth. heehee
Posted by: birddog at December 10, 2022 01:22 PM (uAI4S)

Now that is a classic practical joke.
Calm delivery.
A hint of logic to an outsider.
Allowed time to ferment.

Perfect!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 10, 2022 01:38 PM (anj39)

293 I don't think we seen Vic in a couple weeks either

Posted by: Skip at December 10, 2022 01:41 PM (xhxe8)

294 293 I don't think we seen Vic in a couple weeks either
Posted by: Skip

I hope he's ok

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 10, 2022 01:45 PM (Fm+H1)

295 Greetings:

Saw a rodeo in NYC'c Madison Square Garden back in the last '50s.

Posted by: 11B40 at December 10, 2022 01:47 PM (uuklp)

296 1) If you warn others against a mistake you have made, you are a hypocrite.
2) If you warn others against a mistake you have not personally made, you are judgmental and additionally you are ignorant about the issue.
Posted by: Emmie
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This is the thinking of my younger daughter.

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 01:51 PM (QRUKX)

297 Rodeo starts young...Mutton Busting(sheep riding), goat roping, calf scramble(they catch one they keep it), Pole bending, barrel racing....on ponies.
I have a great picture I took at the Cheatham Street Warehouse(a rusty, ramshackle, hill country honkytonk where many of today's great country musician got their start) A guy saddled a longhorn and rode it in, tied it to the rail outfront....while he danced with college girls from nearby SWTSU(now Texas State)
Perhaps the highest praise ever uttered is.."Damnnn...that's the most Cowboy thing I ever seen"

Posted by: birddog at December 10, 2022 01:53 PM (uAI4S)

298 This is the thinking of my younger daughter.
Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 01:51 PM (QRUKX)

Condolences. Got some of that in my family as well.

Posted by: Emmie at December 10, 2022 01:57 PM (Emce2)

299 SWTSU used to be a blast to party at.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 10, 2022 02:05 PM (PWvcU)

300 "Now that is a classic practical joke.
Calm delivery.
A hint of logic to an outsider.
Allowed time to ferment."

My son brought a NYC kid up to our farm for a hunt, taught him some basic firearm safety, shot at some targets and clays, birds(flying only), turkeys(on the ground is OK), deer, any varmint...Kid shot a porkypine, my son told him the rule for 1st 'trophy' is "Kill it? Cook it", they acted very serious about the whole thing, NYC kid had to figure out how to clean it, skin it, prep it, cook it...while everyone else ate grouse and venison NYC kid ate porky, he tried to share but everyone said..."We're not worthy, It's YOUR 1st trophy". One day, some day, around some campfire or woodstove that kid will tell the tale...and only then will he find out that NOBODY...EVER...eats a porcupine.

Perfect!

Posted by: birddog at December 10, 2022 02:09 PM (uAI4S)

301 People don't often take advice from tbhe experienced often, it's best to learn it themselves

Posted by: Skip at December 10, 2022 02:12 PM (xhxe8)

302 "SWTSU used to be a blast to party at"
Yup....I crammed 3 years of college education into a mere 8 years there in San Marcos. Majored in Campuswildlife, minor in Frisbeeology

Posted by: birddog at December 10, 2022 02:19 PM (uAI4S)

303 When I was a boy I used to go to the local Rodeos with my dad, his specialty was calf roping and he was phenomenal. Think of it as throwing a touch down pass from a galloping horse....He knew he was one of the best, but never bragged about ..... he also never seemed to cared much about the prize money....when he won he would just give it to a young kid just starting out or an older guy who looked like he was struggling. He would say."he looked like he needed it more than I did." He was just doing something he really enjoyed. He also had John Wayne (yes that John Wayne) once beg him to borrow his horse for a movie...buts that another story.

Posted by: computerguydave at December 10, 2022 02:35 PM (tahWp)

304 Board track racers....each of those old "original" bikes is now worth 6 figures, yet in Wauseon Ohio many gather to race balls out on the limestone half mile flattrack each summer. I have an old 1920's picture of several of them riding the "Wall of death", a near vertical, circular wooden track...one has a sidecar, with a full grown african LION in it.

Posted by: birddog at December 10, 2022 02:35 PM (uAI4S)

305 Condolences. Got some of that in my family as well.
Posted by: Emmie
__

It's all good, God works in mysterious ways, and not so mysterious.

Oldest G-baby is going to be her cross to bear.

Seems the eldest kids in our families are, what you say, headstrong.

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 02:36 PM (QRUKX)

306 KT, a recent CAT scan reveals that the way to my heart is through my stomach, since most of my stomach is behind my heart and left lung. I do have a noisy belly. And I never rode actual bulls, just mechanical ones. I have the wrong shape to do it well.

Up in Minnesota, but I'm told it's nationwide, barrel racing is a family thing. I watched one. Mom, dad, kids all take a turn. You need a bit of money to afford the F-350, four-horse trailer, and the horses.

Posted by: Gordon Scott at December 10, 2022 02:46 PM (H7Jh1)

307 Cat napping

Posted by: Skip at December 10, 2022 02:46 PM (xhxe8)

308 People don't often take advice from the experienced often, it's best to learn it themselves
Posted by: Skip
___

Before Ex-Ex and I reunited in 2018, he had moved up to IL from GA two years prior to help the youngest daughter and future son-in-law with the spread they had at the time (about ten acres), in regards to farming.

Youngest had to do it her way, and refused to listen to her dad. He grew up on a farm in south Georgia, whereas she would value the info she'd get on the internet over his insights and knowledge. They didn't farm much of anything, shockingly enough.

Once they moved to MO, same thing, except now they live two and a half hours away, and we're at the point now that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

But yeah, these young folks are gonna learn, and gonna learn hard.

Posted by: SMH at December 10, 2022 02:47 PM (QRUKX)

309 The Sowell vid: He leaves un mentioned, Jews had been killed off and chased out of nearly EVERY place they ever gathered, hence they focused on "Things" that cannot be taken away, nor too heavy to carry...such as education...they focused in professions such as Law, Medicine, music, teaching, banking/accounting, that could be/would be practiced anywhere...as well as jewelry, where small items with large values could be secreted and/or carried away when the NEXT purge/pogrom came. ANY persecuted minority could/can/should do the same and THEY too will "Rise" wherever they land.

Posted by: birddog at December 10, 2022 02:48 PM (uAI4S)

310 That sidebar mash up.... I have never even heard one of those songs, I barely remember Jump Around because it had a nice riff.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 10, 2022 02:55 PM (0hOvj)

311 Oh, and the Mesa cop murder: The SWAT team was responding to a call of someone pointing a gun out of a hotel room. The guy was an exterminator, and it was a pellet gun, which exterminators carry for varmits.

So when the cops show up (and in Mesa, lots of cops will show up, because they don't have a lot to do) does the incident leader have a few set up a perimeter, and then go to the office and call the room? "Hello, Lt. Swatteam here. We had a report that someone in your room was aiming a rifle."

Of course not. Because, you know, it's entirely legal to have a rifle in a hotel room in Mesa. So instead they approach down a long hallway, and the video shows the rest. Not just the shooter, but the commander was allowed to retire also.

The city knew this was bad, really bad. So they let the county attorney take it to the grand jury, who only saw what the county attorney wanted them to see. Result: no bill. And thus no noisy, ugly trial to make the city look bad.

Posted by: Gordon Scott at December 10, 2022 02:59 PM (H7Jh1)

312 Cowboy Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66pE67m_Hf4

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 10, 2022 03:09 PM (geVLo)

313 PET NOOD

Posted by: Skip at December 10, 2022 03:30 PM (xhxe8)

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