Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

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I have it. Do you?

Good morning. 2nd weekend of April, time is flying. I hope you all have a nice Easter Weekend.

Just a couple of friendly reminders this morning.........

1) Enjoy the beverage of your choice.
2) Opine and/or bloviate away the morning in this open thread.
3) Be kind to one another.
4) Just remember the EOBs do not explain the actual costs of your visit to the ER because of those sharp objects.
5) And finally, have a wonderful weekend.

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Is it dark roasted? That's the only bean lingo I need.

The Coffee Lingo You Need to Find Your New Favorite Beans
Natural vs. washed, blend vs. single-origin. A fruit salad’s worth of flavor notes. You need a cheat sheet to understand how the descriptors on the bag translate to the taste inside each cup.

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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer
requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
3/11 – Jasonj asked for prayers for Barbara, his wife, to be added to the list. She had back surgery
recently, and is healing well, but has a long road ahead. Also please add Alex, his son, who is a
quadriplegic with a serious addiction to pain meds.
3/11 – Free Tibet asked for prayers for his friend JR, who is undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer
(neuroendocrine version). Thanks to the Horde for everything.
3/15 – NJ asked for prayers for his wife Christina. She had surgery in December which resulted in CRPS
(Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) in her right foot. The pain is interfering with her daily activities and
preventing her from sleeping properly.
3/15 – Half Dozen asked for prayers from the Horde. One of her adult sons was diagnosed with a brain
tumor. They are still evaluating him to decide next steps. It will probably involve brain surgery.
3/19 Update: Her son is in the hospital, and scheduled for surgery to remove the tumor that is at the
point where the spinal cord connects into the brain. They have determined that the tumor has not
spread to other areas of his body. Thanks for the prayers and friendship.
3/15 – Tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief asked for prayers for DH, who goes under the knife on Friday to
remove an old stim from his spinal column. This will allow him to have an MRI, to figure out what to do
about his 3 collapsed disks. Prayers, but optimistic prayers at this point.
3/16 – Cybersmythe continues to request prayers for his friend D.C., an occasional reader of the AoSHQ,
who is in the hospital after having a stroke and some other health issues.
3/27 Update: Cybersmyth’s friend has died, so he requests prayers for her family and that her soul
finds its way home. Cybersmythe has also been laid off and requests prayers from the Horde to find
something new.
3/18 – Megthered asks that the Horde would keep her and her family in our thoughts and prayers. Her
husband has to have open heart aortic valve replacement and her daughter has been diagnosed with
lymphoma. They are being treated at Ohio State University and the family has rallied around them.
3/18 – gp asks for prayers for Al, who is homebound, needy, and lonely. He also asks for prayers for
Brian, who is afflicted by the horrible maladies of old age.
4/1 Update: Brian is on the mend from his latest bout of disease.
3/20 – Ladyl asked for prayers for her son, who was hospitalized for a serious infection that happened
after a minor injury.
3/22 – Sal asked for prayers for her sister’s ex, who became very ill while away from home (at his
daughter’s destination wedding). He is in ICU with sepsis and kidney function problems.
3/29 – Notsothoreau asked for prayers for her co-worker, C. He is a young guy and the new
management is grinding him down. Prayers that he can quickly find a new job where he is appreciated.
3/30 – Hrothgar asked for prayers on behalf of Ed L., who is a member of the Moron Gun Club. Ed’s
mother passed away in Hawaii this past weekend. He and his brother will be busy settling her affairs
there (in Hawaii) over the two weeks or so. He did get to see her over the Christmas holiday, which was
a blessing.
4/1 – NaughtyPine’s mom is receiving hospice at home. She’s in decent spirits and seldom has pain; they
are hoping this continues. Prayers also for Dad, who has health problems of his own and is convinced
she’s getting better every day. They recently celebrated 58 years of marriage.
4/6 – Fenelon Spoke asks for continued prayers for the church she serves, that if it’s God’s will they stay
open to the glory of God, through some financial arrangements with either the Open Space Committee
or neighbors who have expressed an interest. She is touched and grateful for the support in various
ways from kindly Horde members. God bless you all! Thanks to all praying for their church patriarch,
Ray. He is doing better than he was a few days ago, and Fenelon so appreciates the prayer support. Also,
thanks for prayers for Jessie, their organist. She is making some recovery and hopes to play for Mother’s
Day. Also, she thanks God and a very kindly poster who has been advocating for FenSon to get a summer
internship with his company. It’s really something FenSon is interested in, so prayers that it can be
worked out would be appreciated.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the
prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in
a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with
the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it
to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an
update.
Romans 8:26-27
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but
the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows
the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

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

Comments

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1 BRCC AK47

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 08, 2023 09:00 AM (BRHaw)

2 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:01 AM (qoGsy)

3 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 08, 2023 09:01 AM (u82oZ)

4 I ready, it's chilly outside here

Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2023 09:02 AM (xhxe8)

5 Prayers up for those that have asked for them;
Prayers up for those that know they need them but have not asked for them; and
Prayers up for those that need them but don’t know it yet!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 08, 2023 09:03 AM (hOUT3)

6 Prayers for all and the nation.

Posted by: Ziba at April 08, 2023 09:03 AM (4h9M3)

7 Prayers for all intentions - asked and those known but to God. Additionally for my wife's cousin Johnny. He passed this week due to complications from penis cancer. He was a good man and will be sadly missed. Also for his mother - she has now buried all three of her sons.

Ugh, A hell of a way to die.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:03 AM (qoGsy)

8 hiya

Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023 09:04 AM (T4tVD)

9 Prayers for all and the nation.
Posted by: Ziba

Amen.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:05 AM (qoGsy)

10 Willowed...

Which is why I will never again write a declarative statement on AoS.
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After this one you mean??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 08, 2023 09:08 AM (Vwz3I)

11 Thanks to God, and thanks to you all for your kindness and prayers!

Posted by: gp at April 08, 2023 09:08 AM (MvF+J)

12 Prayers up, horde. For all of you.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 08, 2023 09:09 AM (OX9vb)

13 Mornin' Horde. My biscuits turned out ugly, but very tasty.

Prayers up for all y'all who need them.

Posted by: screaming in digital at April 08, 2023 09:10 AM (aBJcM)

14 Good heavens, penis cancer.
I never knew there was such a thing. But why not, we have all manner of afflictions.
So sorry for your loss.
Today I have gratitude for answered prayers. I have recovered completely from my injury to my knee. No more leg brace or crutches or even a walking stick. I can hold the Warrior tai chi pose for several minutes without pain. They said it would take 2 months and they were right.
But I'm pretty sure my aspirations for NFL place kicker are done.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 09:11 AM (jTmQV)

15 Happy Almost Easter!

I've been saying rosaries of late and I was really getting burned out on the Sorrowful Mysteries. I'm so looking forward to the happy ones!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:11 AM (llXky)

16 Good morning dear horde

A prayer for complete and speedy healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 08, 2023 09:11 AM (EZebt)

17 Top o' the mornin'.

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2023 09:11 AM (V13WU)

18 what's new ?

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2023 09:12 AM (V13WU)

19 But I'm pretty sure my aspirations for NFL place kicker are done.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 09:11 AM (jTmQV)
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Do you have any college eligibility left? I've still got mine, and am thinking of going out for one of the women's sports.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:12 AM (llXky)

20 "After this one you mean??"
Point taken, LOL

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 09:12 AM (jTmQV)

21 All the gnome talk triggered me to no end in previous thread. Glad that's over.

Posted by: Robert Reich-h-h-h-h at April 08, 2023 09:16 AM (Nn3xT)

22 Been a long time since I've posted on HQ, and I seldom was here on weekends, but...

morning, y'all.

Posted by: reason at April 08, 2023 09:16 AM (0mN7F)

23 reason

Please post more. We need more reason in the comments.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 08, 2023 09:17 AM (u82oZ)

24 Prayers up for those that have asked for them;
Prayers up for those that know they need them but have not asked for them; and
Prayers up for those that need them but don’t know it yet!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
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Amen

Posted by: 496 at April 08, 2023 09:18 AM (ELYbr)

25 I would like to express my thanks to Salty Dog who kindly asked for donations to the church I serve-thus causing some official displeasure. Thanks to everyone for blessing us in this way. I got choked when I got the mail yesterday and I will be sending cards of thanks soon, and our treasurer will be sending along an official letter at some point too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2023 09:18 AM (FUVRY)

26 reason

That is, unless you contribute to the fish puns.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 08, 2023 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

27 Good morning Horde!

May God bless you and keep you and may His face shine upon you all. May your afflictions be healed, your pain decreased, your love for Him increased, and your needs met by His bounty. The world may be in chaos around us, but He loves us so much He sent His son to bear our sins so that we don't have to face their consequence. We are blessed indeed.

Posted by: Moki at April 08, 2023 09:19 AM (JrN/x)

28 As I've gotten older, I find I'm paying more attention to the liturgical calendar and I can't help but notice how events in my life align with it.

This time last year, the end of Lent coincided with the end of our family's persecution by CPS. Talk about quality penance! The expungement letter arrived at the end of the liturgical year. Coincidence?

Yesterday, I got notified that my military retirement application has finally been accepted. I out-processed in December, and they rejected two previous applications because reasons. I wonder what joys Easter season will hold?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:19 AM (llXky)

29
The wife and I made a modest donation for Fen's church. We got the address from Salty of where to mail the check. My wife went on MapQuest or one of those places, and sure enough there was her white signboard out front.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2023 09:19 AM (enJYY)

30 FenelonSpoke

Aw shucks.
**Kicks dirt clod.**

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 08, 2023 09:20 AM (u82oZ)

31 That is, unless you contribute to the fish puns.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 08, 2023 09:19 AM (u82oZ)
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Ugh, the fish puns are so crappie...

Posted by: reason at April 08, 2023 09:21 AM (0mN7F)

32 {{{Moki}}}

Amen.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 08, 2023 09:21 AM (u82oZ)

33 Hiya Moki !

Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023 09:22 AM (T4tVD)

34 May God bless you and keep you and may His face shine upon you all. May your afflictions be healed, your pain decreased, your love for Him increased, and your needs met by His bounty. The world may be in chaos around us, but He loves us so much He sent His son to bear our sins so that we don't have to face their consequence. We are blessed indeed.

Posted by: Moki at April 08, 2023 09:19 AM (JrN/x)
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Amen

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:22 AM (llXky)

35 Fen, I hope we can cover the gap until your land sale happens, or some other miracle to keep your church open.

His will be done.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 08, 2023 09:22 AM (OX9vb)

36 As always, this thread makes me realize that, in spite of all the wailing and moaning, so many of "us" are are truly blessed in so many regards, which makes it even more incumbent upon us to pray for others that are undergoing some very trying, and potentially life changing, events!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 08, 2023 09:23 AM (hOUT3)

37 Prayers up for the Horde and their loved ones. May this Holy Week see you happy and healthy and guide you home

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 08, 2023 09:23 AM (xlmS3)

38 That is, unless you contribute to the fish puns.

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Sofishticated puns are welcome

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2023 09:24 AM (V13WU)

39 Hey y'all!!
NaCly, JT and AEAuthor, I hope your coffee is hot and bracing this morning!

Posted by: Moki at April 08, 2023 09:24 AM (JrN/x)

40
Hate to see any church shut down. My wife and I *have* noticed that out in the more rural areas the church parking lots are full again.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2023 09:25 AM (enJYY)

41 31 That is, unless you contribute to the fish puns.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 08, 2023 09:19 AM (u82oZ)
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Ugh, the fish puns are so crappie...
Posted by: reason

The judges have to decided to let reason skate on that one!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 08, 2023 09:25 AM (hOUT3)

42 Have a great day, everyone. May the Holy Spirit lift up you and yours.

Burning daylight out here, and the chores start now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 08, 2023 09:25 AM (u82oZ)

43 Hello dear Moki!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 08, 2023 09:26 AM (hOUT3)

44 Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 08, 2023 09:22 AM (OX9vb)

Thanks, dear; I appreciate that greatly.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2023 09:26 AM (FUVRY)

45 Sofishticated puns are welcome
Posted by: runner at April 08, 2023 09:24 AM (V13WU)

Walleye never. That's a new one!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 08, 2023 09:26 AM (OX9vb)

46 Let's take a peek at what was happening at Anzio this week in 1944. Earlier in the week German artillery shelling had increased substantially.

Apr 7.
CB was put on the spot for sure. [Margin note: Met Gen Truscott, CG VI Corps, on this deal.] A notice was given to do something about the firing and all Div Arty Cmdrs were called in on the session. Nothing in the way of a decision made except to enlarge the CB section. We now will have 9 officers and 12 men.

Apr 8.
Maj Williamson was called back from Naples.
Pressure is really on CB now. We are making a nice set-up with two sub-sections, one for west and one for east halves of the beachhead. Bradstock, RA, has the west sector. I have the east. Major Williamson is a super coordinator.

CB = counterbattery
RA = British Royal Artillery

Here's a first hand account of the Italy campaign from an enlisted member of the Royal Artillery

https://is.gd/uyvUwT

Posted by: Muldoon at April 08, 2023 09:26 AM (ykeLU)

47 Average hourly earnings meanwhile rose 4.2% year-over-year as of March, the lowest level of wage gains in nearly two years. Price levels have grown at a faster rate than nominal wages over the past three years, marking an erosion of purchasing power among households.

“Wage growth is cooling,” Hamrick continued, “marking further easing of inflation pressure.”

Wages have nothing to do with inflation. Workers are a supply that will seek rent at the highest rate available for that skill.
COVID Big Govt overspending added new money to a system that did not have increased values. IN other words, there was no new service or good or value introduced, just new funds to buy the same set of goods and services.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 08, 2023 09:27 AM (BRHaw)

48 Ciampino's Rescue kitties NOW LIVE Streaming!!!

https://www.twitch.tv/fayettepurrcy01

Enjoy and I'm open to suggestions.

Posted by: Ciampino - God loves us and gave us kittens at April 08, 2023 09:27 AM (qfLjt)

49 Over the last couple of weeks I got absorbed in studying that time the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople embraced Calvinism in 1631. What a wild episode that was! I've got a blog post on it (link in nic) because it's just so weird. The anathemas pronounced against Cyril Lucaris were epic. I actually printed one of the off because it's so over the top.

Cyril's tenure had a bit of drama. Deposed for times, anathematized twice, he met his end when church rivals told the Sultan he was going to cause a rebellion if something wasn't done. He was off'd in the traditional way (Janissary using a bowstring) but Alexandrian Patriarchy canonized him as a martyr just a few years ago.

There's a free translation of both of the earlier councils and the Synod of Jerusalem in 1672 which was my source material. Neat stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:27 AM (llXky)

50 41 31 That is, unless you contribute to the fish puns.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 08, 2023 09:19 AM (u82oZ)
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Ugh, the fish puns are so crappie...
Posted by: reason

The judges have to decided to let reason skate on that one!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 08, 2023 09:25 AM (hOUT3)

All's whale that ends whale.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, YUM Coffee! at April 08, 2023 09:28 AM (PiwSw)

51 Hate to see any church shut down. My wife and I *have* noticed that out in the more rural areas the church parking lots are full again.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

My wife and I noticed this week that at 3-4 of the stores we were in, religious themed music was being played. Nice!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:28 AM (qoGsy)

52
I'll be waiting for these fish puns to end with baited breath.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2023 09:28 AM (enJYY)

53 Sofishticated puns are welcome
Posted by: runner at April 08, 2023 09:24 AM (V13WU)
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How are they rated? Is there like some sort of scale?

Posted by: reason at April 08, 2023 09:29 AM (0mN7F)

54 Morning again, all! I've done my coffee for now, but am always glad to hear about others' brews.

The Killer Kittens From Outer Space, Stirling and Dagny, are trotting around and chasing each other back and forth. Last night they were staring with that hard "Prey! Wanna kill it!!!" look at the ceiling. When I got close enough, I saw a mosquito had gotten in. I killed it, then distributed catnip to the spotters -- much more appreciated by them, I think, than hard cat treats.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 09:30 AM (omVj0)

55 Sofishticated puns are welcome
Posted by: runner at April 08, 2023 09:24 AM (V13WU)
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How are they rated? Is there like some sort of scale?
Posted by: reason

Just stop it!

I'll give each of you a fin if you do.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:31 AM (qoGsy)

56 Just received yet another 8# shipment of green coffee beans that need to be roasted.

Its hard to say these words but, "I think I have too much coffee". SweetMarias.com has a subscription service where they periodically ship a certain amount of coffee, and based on years of consumption patterns, it worked out.

But now, for reasons, I am not roasting for family members and co-workers - and the beans are piling up.

Also not doing as much cold brew, which uses prodigious amounts of beans for relatively low yield in coffee syrup.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 09:31 AM (YXHzG)

57 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate. 63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.

The Pharisees were sneaky manipulative bastards that ended up making the story even better!

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 08, 2023 09:31 AM (BRHaw)

58 Ugh, the fish puns are so crappie...
Posted by: reason
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The judges have to decided to let reason skate on that one!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 08, 2023 09:25 AM (hOUT3)
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All's whale that ends whale.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, YUM Coffee! at April 08, 2023

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"Mammal."

"Whatever."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 09:31 AM (omVj0)

59 I love the Java jive and it loves me

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah, thinks it's all ops at April 08, 2023 09:31 AM (sJHOI)

60 The judges have to decided to let reason skate on that one!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 08, 2023 09:25 AM (hOUT3)

All's whale that ends whale.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, YUM Coffee! at April 08, 2023 09:28 AM (PiwSw)
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Fish puns give me porpoise.

Posted by: reason at April 08, 2023 09:32 AM (0mN7F)

61 How are they rated? Is there like some sort of scale?
Posted by: reason at April 08, 2023 09:29 AM (0mN7F)

You betta believe it!

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2023 09:32 AM (V13WU)

62 I can sea you people aren't going to stop.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:32 AM (qoGsy)

63 52
I'll be waiting for these fish puns to end with baited breath.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2023 09:28 AM (enJYY)
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We're on to cheese puns, I guess!

Posted by: 496 at April 08, 2023 09:32 AM (ELYbr)

64 58
"Mammal."
"Whatever."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Are you a speciesist?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 08, 2023 09:33 AM (hOUT3)

65 Amen, Moki.

Posted by: screaming in digital at April 08, 2023 09:33 AM (aBJcM)

66 21 All the gnome talk triggered me to no end in previous thread. Glad that's over.
Posted by: Robert Reich-h-h-h-h at April 08, 2023 09:16 AM (Nn3xT)

Dog. Nothing is over until it's over... Gnome sayin'?

Posted by: J-Rock of the Rock Pile at April 08, 2023 09:34 AM (wtZ2h)

67 Mammal."

"Whatever."

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You schooled them !

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2023 09:34 AM (V13WU)

68 The Killer Kittens From Outer Space, Stirling and Dagny...
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 08, 2023 09:30 AM (omVj0)

Wu caught a baby bunny last night and brought it in the house to play. Mr. April rescued it from her and released it back by the hole under the porch--hope that's where it came from.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 08, 2023 09:34 AM (OX9vb)

69 Hiya Screamie !

Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023 09:35 AM (T4tVD)

70 Cod you believe all the fish puns this morning ?

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2023 09:35 AM (V13WU)

71 Hate to see any church shut down. My wife and I *have* noticed that out in the more rural areas the church parking lots are full again.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 08, 2023 09:25 AM (enJYY)
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Depends on the church. The United Methodists drove my saintly grandparents out in their old age because they weren't willing to embrace the woke agenda. I talked with my grandmother about it after I entered the Catholic Church and she remarked that it mystified her. "What we were taught as children should still be true today." She said it broke my grandfather's heart. They did have his funeral at their old church and the place was packed.

So when I see one of their buildings for sale, I smile.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:35 AM (llXky)

72 Wages have nothing to do with inflation.

If anything, wages are a lagging indicator.

What I find interesting is that with the propaganda and government edicts pushing more EV this and that, one would think that the components for more batteries and motor components would be in greater demand and pushing up commodity prices.

Not at all, demand destruction is occurring everywhere, which helps rationalize OPEC+'s production reduction and the commodity prices for lithium and other REMs falling.

The propaganda doesn't even come close to reflecting reality.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 09:35 AM (YXHzG)

73 Chicago went from bad to worse. New mayor blames companies that don't pay taxes for poverty, which creates crime, you see. So Chicago needs to tax companies more, 'ya dummies. It's science.

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 08, 2023 09:36 AM (RqMSv)

74 OCD is a feature, not a bug!

Posted by: IanDeal at April 08, 2023 09:36 AM (W6Hd7)

75 We don't drink coffee in this house. It might wake us from our slumber.

Posted by: Congrefs at April 08, 2023 09:38 AM (8w3Z6)

76 Hrothgar!!!!!

How is Conor? Abner sends his well wishes and hope for one of those blue cardboard boxes in the mail (which are Abner's very favorite thing in the whole world besides ham, chicken and apples.)

Posted by: Moki at April 08, 2023 09:38 AM (JrN/x)

77 The propaganda doesn't even come close to reflecting reality.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 09:35 AM (YXHzG)
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We've had an unprecedented run of prosperity and that has led people think that the old rules no longer apply.

They do, as we're finding out.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:38 AM (llXky)

78

Vic is dead.

Posted by: Johnny Noir at April 08, 2023 09:39 AM (7uzkJ)

79 Hiya JT!

Posted by: screaming in digital at April 08, 2023 09:40 AM (aBJcM)

80 I saw Killer Kittens From Outer Space open for Ziggy Stardust impersonator at Beau Rivage Golf & Resort back in 2015.

Posted by: runner at April 08, 2023 09:40 AM (V13WU)

81 I posted this prayer in the earlier thread by mistake:

201 A RC friend sent me this prayer for the U.S:

Daily Prayer for “”Liberty”” and for a Holy Spirit Revival

"Free us from every force of oppression, both internally and externally. Grant to our leaders the wisdom to protect and promote our liberties; by your grace may we have the courage to defend them, for ourselves and for all those who live in this blessed land. Heavenly Father, grant a Holy Spirit Revival in our land!" (Based on a prayer by the USCCB)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2023 09:40 AM (FUVRY)

82
Vic is dead.
Posted by: Johnny Noir at April 08, 2023 09:39 AM (7uzkJ)

What? Early morning Vic? When?

Posted by: Moki at April 08, 2023 09:40 AM (JrN/x)

83 OCD is a feature, not a bug!

Posted by: IanDeal at April 08, 2023 09:36 AM (W6Hd7) ---
A friend of mine picked up a beautiful vintage Colt revolver that had "OCD" electropenned on it. At some point I will include that in one of my novels because it's just perfect.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:40 AM (llXky)

84 Chicago went from bad to worse. New mayor blames companies that don't pay taxes for poverty, which creates crime, you see. So Chicago needs to tax companies more, 'ya dummies. It's science.

An amazing disconnect. A company's value to a city has nothing to do with providing jobs and all that social goodness that comes with responsibility and production; the point and purpose for allowing a business to occupy an address within the city's boundary is to magically provide endless streams of string-less money in ever increasing quantities with no relationship whatsoever to the city's own social, political, practical and financial health.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 09:40 AM (YXHzG)

85 I have a theory of inflation which includes that we enjoyed a few decades of significant gains fueled by advances in technology nd, declining energy costs and tighter supply chains. These deflationary forces and lowering prices, but the Fed has been eating this up by wanting modest inflation. So the Fed could accept deficit spending. But it's run out of capacity.

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 08, 2023 09:42 AM (RqMSv)

86 Moki, Conor says "Hi!" to Abner.
He is doing well and continues to train me in proper canine food service choices and presentation!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 08, 2023 09:42 AM (hOUT3)

87 So the Fed could accept deficit spending. But it's run out of capacity.

Posted by: Ignoramus at April 08, 2023 09:42 AM (RqMSv)
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I view the end of dollar hegemony to be a good thing. The US had balanced budgets and limited government in large part because we had to compete with other currencies. The dollar had to be sound - backed with gold. We could end that only because there was no other alternative. As they emerge, our currency is going to get hammered, bond vigilantes will start to come back and some sort of discipline will out of necessity emerge.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:44 AM (llXky)

88 Vic is dead.
Posted by: Johnny Noir

I certainly hope that is not the case, but I'm a bit unwilling to take as a.certainty a sort of offhand by a commenter called Johnny Noir as in noir films or black.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2023 09:44 AM (FUVRY)

89 Vic is dead.
Posted by: Johnny Noir

*******

You can't just drop a bomb like that without some explanation or details. What more can you tell us?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 08, 2023 09:44 AM (ykeLU)

90 Yikes. I just read a story from FarmVille, N.M. Cops responded to a domestic disturbance call at 2am. Knock on door "open up, police". Man of the house responds holding a pistol. Police shoot him dead.

Police had the wrong house.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 09:47 AM (jTmQV)

91 Hiya JT!
Posted by: screaming in digital

Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023 09:47 AM (T4tVD)

92 The propaganda doesn't even come close to reflecting reality.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 09:35 AM (YXHzG)

607000 / 13650000 =0.044% EV solds vs gas

With about 300,000,000 vehicles on US roads that means we replace approx. 5% yearly. At this replacement rate it will take 20 years IF every single car sold was EV.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 08, 2023 09:47 AM (BRHaw)

93 Yikes. I just read a story from FarmVille, N.M. Cops responded to a domestic disturbance call at 2am. Knock on door "open up, police". Man of the house responds holding a pistol. Police shoot him dead.

Police had the wrong house.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Massad Ayoob has a number of UooToob vids on this very thing. (How to respond to night knocks appropriately and safely)

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:48 AM (qoGsy)

94 Vic is dead.
Posted by: Johnny Noir

I certainly hope that is not the case, but I'm a bit unwilling to take as a.certainty a sort of offhand by a commenter called Johnny Noir as in noir films or black.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I prefer to think that the woman he was keeping company with is holding him against his will as a sex slave,

Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023 09:49 AM (T4tVD)

95 Yikes. I just read a story from FarmVille, N.M. Cops responded to a domestic disturbance call at 2am. Knock on door "open up, police". Man of the house responds holding a pistol. Police shoot him dead.

Police had the wrong house.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 09:47 AM (jTmQV)
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Massad Ayoob has a fairly recent video on what to do if you get one of those late visitors. If it's the cops, do NOT have a gun in your hand. Keep them both visible and move slowly.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:49 AM (llXky)

96 Stay away from the cart, Vic.

Posted by: Sir Bedivere R. Johnson at April 08, 2023 09:49 AM (8w3Z6)

97 I prefer to think that the woman he was keeping company with is holding him against his will as a sex slave,
Posted by: JT

Well, we did discuss the proper use for old neckties a few days ago.

Just saying.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:50 AM (qoGsy)

98 I'm a big fan of Massad Ayoob.
Funny name or no.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 09:50 AM (jTmQV)

99 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:35 AM (llXky

Don't smile so much. There are non progressive pastors in the UM church as in other churches, attempting to serve their parisioners and spread the gospel. There are numerous extremely leftist members of the hierarchy in the RCC, yet I am sorry when RC close because I know people who have had their hearts broken because their churches have closed

Why not pray for revival for all the pastors in church that are true to their "orthodox" views of years ago.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2023 09:50 AM (FUVRY)

100 I'm a big fan of Massad Ayoob.
Funny name or no.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 09:50 AM (jTmQV)
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His toupe is epic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:51 AM (llXky)

101 We've had an unprecedented run of prosperity and that has led people think that the old rules no longer apply.

They do, as we're finding out.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:38 AM (llXky)

Who died and left Milton Friedman in charge?

Posted by: uncle handsy Joe at April 08, 2023 09:51 AM (BRHaw)

102 Ignoramus, I agree. Energy has been a huge component of the anti-inflationary forces; the shale fraccing revolution let to a huge increase in supply and a huge reduction in costs to all segments of society.
And now the leftists are working as hard as they can to reverse that, without a clue as to how they are going to destroy our entire economic system by doing so.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 08, 2023 09:51 AM (r46W7)

103 My wife and I noticed this week that at 3-4 of the stores we were in, religious themed music was being played. Nice!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:28 AM (qoGsy)

I think some people are realizing that life was better when we followed some basic rules, and that all the lies and selfish chaos is dangerous, not liberating.

Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 09:51 AM (Zzbjj)

104 His toupe is epic.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

With the added benefit of no one ever gives him shit about it.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:52 AM (qoGsy)

105 “Creating ICD-10 codes that can be tracked via claims would provide health insurance providers key information to help increase immunization rates,” they added.

The CDC is pushing for ICD-10 codes to indicate vaxx status. That is, you will have a code attached to your medical profile indicating if you have the Clot Shot, it you have the Clot Shot and boosters and a separate code for not having the Clot Shot.

I did not know that a person can be assigned an ICD-10 code for not having a medical condition. The CDC is further pushing to have the reason why attached to a Not Clot Shotted status (e.g. "contraindicated" vs "belief or group pressure").

The CDC laughingly says that they won't have access to this status but expects the non-Clot-Shotted to be targets for counseling and special attention to get them filled with Ba'al Gates Death Vaxx.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 09:52 AM (YXHzG)

106 I know book thread's tomorrow, but I had to speak now about this one just finished yesterday, Noah Hawley's 2018 novel "A Conspiracy of Tall Men."

Some very small time conspiracy theorists come up against the deep state and big pharma. A commercial flight with 175 aboard, New York headed for Rio, is bombed and crashes near Orlando, killing all aboard, including one of the theorist's wife.

This is before the Wuhan flu is even a speck in someone's imagination. It is amazing how this leftist author, writing in the age of Trump, can spin such a cool story about how deep and dangerous the government can be. Engineered virus, martial law, total government takeover.

It's clear that if one is to beat the deep state and their guns and battle wagons, it's gonna take a lot more than conservatives behind their house doors with ARs and 10 thousand rounds of 5.56.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at April 08, 2023 09:53 AM (KiBMU)

107 If it's the cops, do NOT have a gun in your hand.

Aye, there's the rub. How do you know if it's the cops or a home invader claiming to be the cops to get you to open the door until you see them?

Posted by: Oddbob at April 08, 2023 09:53 AM (nfrXX)

108 We need to scale back the crappie fish puns before one of the COBs shuts all this down on porpoise.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 08, 2023 09:53 AM (BRHaw)

109 If it's the cops, do NOT have a gun in your hand.

Aye, there's the rub. How do you know if it's the cops or a home invader claiming to be the cops to get you to open the door until you see them?
Posted by: Oddbob

Call 911 and ask them?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:54 AM (qoGsy)

110 *waves to reason*

LTNS. Welcome back.

Posted by: creeper at April 08, 2023 09:55 AM (cTCuP)

111 FWIW we stopped to get some fried chicken this week and the restaurant had "He Is Risen" painted on one of their windows (plus more secular Easter messages). It made both of us outrageously happy and gave us hope for the future.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at April 08, 2023 09:56 AM (fTtFy)

112 The CDC laughingly says that they won't have access to this status but expects the non-Clot-Shotted to be targets for counseling and special attention to get them filled with Ba'al Gates Death Vaxx.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 09:52 AM (YXHzG)

They can relax now, I'm putting the vax in the food supply!

Posted by: Bill Gates and co at April 08, 2023 09:56 AM (Zzbjj)

113 Call 911 and ask them?

That's one idea. If the "cops" on your doorstep are willing to wait.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 08, 2023 09:56 AM (nfrXX)

114 Yikes. I just read a story from FarmVille, N.M. Cops responded to a domestic disturbance call at 2am. Knock on door "open up, police". Man of the house responds holding a pistol. Police shoot him dead.

Police had the wrong house.

That seems to be a strange power to have in an allegedly free society where armed men can approach any random door and gun down the first person who opens it - and this is OK.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 09:57 AM (YXHzG)

115 We need to scale back the crappie fish puns before one of the COBs shuts all this down on porpoise.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Not CBD !

(just don't mention maple syrup )

Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023 09:57 AM (T4tVD)

116 Aye, there's the rub. How do you know if it's the cops or a home invader claiming to be the cops to get you to open the door until you see them?
Posted by: Oddbob

Call 911 and ask them?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:54 AM (qoGsy)
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Bingo. If you have windows, you can also discretely look out and if there's lots of cars with flashing lights, that would also be a clue.

Ayoob's advice is never, ever answer the door with a gun in your hand. If it's intruders, assume a defensive posture and call the cops. Open fire only when they've broken in, not before.

My uncle did 20 years' hard time for shooting a guy banging on his front door. If he waited until the door gave way, he wouldn't have been charged.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:57 AM (llXky)

117 New Mexico
"Land of Entrapment".

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 09:58 AM (jTmQV)

118 They can relax now, I'm putting the vax in the food supply!

I remember in the good old days when medicines were prescribed in a controlled manner - especially doses.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 09:58 AM (YXHzG)

119

I was heavily involved in the training community late-70s to early+90s: Mas was always a popular class or guest instructor.

Allegedly. But a complete letcher. Could not keep his dick in it's holster and hit on every chick in or supporting the program. No wife or especially daughter - liked young stuff - was safe. Asked to leave more than once. Allegedly.

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at April 08, 2023 09:59 AM (cbd/7)

120 And I'm sorry that your family had that experience, but perhaps it might have been more charitable to pray that whoever the pastor was have a conversion to the truths which their denomination rested upon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2023 10:00 AM (FUVRY)

121 What happened to Vic?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 08, 2023 10:00 AM (u73oe)

122 Ayoob's advice is never, ever answer the door with a gun in your hand. If it's intruders, assume a defensive posture and call the cops. Open fire only when they've broken in, not before.

Which is truly stupid advice. The cops, even at the wrong address, will break down the door and gun down the first person they see in a "defensive posture".

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 10:00 AM (YXHzG)

123

I remember in the good old days when medicines were prescribed in a controlled manner - especially doses.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 09:58 AM (YXHzG)

Now, I can just megadose plebe foods. Tee hee

Posted by: Bill Gates and co at April 08, 2023 10:00 AM (Zzbjj)

124 And it occurs to me that if the cops have the wrong house and you call 911, they'll tell you that cops have not been sent to your house. Then what?

Posted by: Oddbob at April 08, 2023 10:00 AM (nfrXX)

125 I see most of the college approve and support the Heckler Brownshirt Veto as it is going their way, today.

When there is a wave of conservative ideas and people start standing up to progressives watch there will much wailing and gnashing of teeth.

In fact, I think the KY Tranny Killer was this case. It is so ingrained in the Tranny culture that they are accepted and quote unquote respected that just the existence of an organization that does not approve their life calls for violence.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 08, 2023 10:00 AM (BRHaw)

126 That seems to be a strange power to have in an allegedly free society where armed men can approach any random door and gun down the first person who opens it - and this is OK.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 09:57 AM (YXHzG)

Of course it's OK. The only thing that matters is that the cops get home safely at night. Why do you hate our heroes in blue? Why do you hate law enforcement? Why do you hate AMERICA?!

Posted by: Blue lives matter WAY more than ours! at April 08, 2023 10:01 AM (V6LRK)

127 Ichy fish puns? I am disappoint.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 08, 2023 10:01 AM (cupoy)

128 And now the leftists are working as hard as they can to reverse that, without a clue as to how they are going to destroy our entire economic system by doing so.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 08, 2023 09:51 AM (r46W7)

Well now, according to a leftist in my family circle, destroying our economic system is the whole point. Because capitalism is bad, mkay?

Posted by: Emmie at April 08, 2023 10:02 AM (Emce2)

129 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:44 AM (llXky

The problem is getting back to a sound currency will result in very hard times. Kind of like the Charles Bronson movie.

Posted by: clutch at April 08, 2023 10:02 AM (q0QfK)

130 That seems to be a strange power to have in an allegedly free society where armed men can approach any random door and gun down the first person who opens it - and this is OK.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 09:57 AM (YXHzG)
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Where has it ever been acceptable to greet law enforcement with a gun in your hand?

Should they have shot him? Of course not. But could he have handled the situation better? Yes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:02 AM (llXky)

131 Perhaps since this is the prayer thread this is apropos - mentioned upthread wife's cousin passed. We will be headed up home for his services. While there, the lovely Mrs. and I will sit down with our long-time buddy the funeral director to pull together arrangements for ourselves. I mean, we're fine but we are getting to be that age.

It doesn't really bum me out but certainly does trigger the 'Wow, that went fast' feeling.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 10:02 AM (qoGsy)

132 My uncle did 20 years' hard time for shooting a guy banging on his front door. If he waited until the door gave way, he wouldn't have been charged.

If some dude was banging on the door, he was definitely within the curtilage of the home. Your uncle had awful attorneys and/or lived in a shitty community making up a disaster of a jury pool.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 10:04 AM (YXHzG)

133 And it occurs to me that if the cops have the wrong house and you call 911, they'll tell you that cops have not been sent to your house. Then what?
Posted by: Oddbob

Hmmmmm. Yep, I see that now.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 10:04 AM (qoGsy)

134 Speculation Grows Over Manchin Launching Third-Party Challenge to Biden

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That way he can be ignored by both parties.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 08, 2023 10:04 AM (FVME7)

135 And it occurs to me that if the cops have the wrong house and you call 911, they'll tell you that cops have not been sent to your house. Then what?

Posted by: Oddbob at April 08, 2023 10:00 AM (nfrXX)
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Presumably dispatch gets contacted and asked why cops are at 331 main street and someone realizes that the warrant is for 333.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:04 AM (llXky)

136 Problem solved!

Air Force Increases Allowed Body Fat Percentage Amid Recruitment Struggles

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 08, 2023 10:05 AM (FVME7)

137 If some dude was banging on the door, he was definitely within the curtilage of the home. Your uncle had awful attorneys and/or lived in a shitty community making up a disaster of a jury pool.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 10:04 AM (YXHzG)
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He had awful attorneys. That fact is not in dispute.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:05 AM (llXky)

138 "I mean, we're fine but we are getting to be that age."
You will be taking a big burden from your loved ones in doing so. I highly recommend making complete plans and pay in advance too, because none of these services is getting any cheaper.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 10:06 AM (jTmQV)

139 He had awful attorneys. That fact is not in dispute.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

This point has always stuck in me. In a perfect legal system, the choice of representation, no matter how deep the pockets, should have no impact on your possible conviction. The facts (should be) the facts.

Yeah, yeah, I get it - no perfect world. But a man can dream, can't he?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 10:08 AM (qoGsy)

140 Live right, live long, and what do you get?

Posted by: Eromero at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (4svuj)

141 Trump won. We all know it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (DhOHl)

142 Presumably dispatch gets contacted and asked why cops are at 331 main street and someone realizes that the warrant is for 333.

And the cops who believe that there is an immediate, life-threatening situation at hand are going to wait calmly while all that goes on? I want to live in your town.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (nfrXX)

143 On good side Vic disappeared for a while, popped up again then has disappeared again. But having done so more than once nothing can be assumed from that.
At least my thinking.

Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (xhxe8)

144 Prayers for all the Horde in need

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (yu8eA)

145 Where has it ever been acceptable to greet law enforcement with a gun in your hand?

Pretty much anywhere a few generations ago. Then again, the police usually did a better job of making sure they got the damned address correct before storming the place.

Again, law enforcement, particularly since they received all of that 1033 gear but absolutely no training in lawful civil engagement have been a menace to society.

Gunning down pets is "OK" because "our policy" permits it. Dittos with extinguishing human life just because they are in a man's their castle and the vic happened to have an interest in maintaining security for he and his household.

Government looks at us as diseased livestock. Killing a man at the front door of his own home is OK because every officer wants to go home safely even at the expense of an innocent citizen's life.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (YXHzG)

146 What could possibly go wrong?

Army to Develop Electric Scout Vehicle to Save on Fuel Costs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 08, 2023 10:10 AM (FVME7)

147 That way he can be ignored by both parties.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 08, 2023 10:04 AM (FVME7)

Yeah, and the RFK Jr candidacy will provide a bigger mess for the donks.

Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 10:10 AM (Zzbjj)

148 Started listening to New Discourses on Queer Theory Gnosticism as recently reccd by a Moron
Who is this James Lindsay guy talking btw?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 08, 2023 10:11 AM (yu8eA)

149 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 08, 2023 10:11 AM (DhOHl)

150 141 Trump won. We all know it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (DhOHl)

Well "they", including the GOPe, are forcing the other narrative, and they'll destroy dissenters. So there's that.

Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 10:12 AM (Zzbjj)

151 Check out this picture of Gomez and Morticia at Red State:

https://tinyurl.com/zcdja7sa

What a couple.

Posted by: pawn at April 08, 2023 10:13 AM (wsHtO)

152 Government looks at us as diseased livestock. Killing a man at the front door of his own home is OK because every officer wants to go home safely even at the expense of an innocent citizen's life.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (YXHzG)

And they can be innumerate, reckless and stupid because qualified immunity allows it, and their lives as the state's gunmen matter way more than an innocent citizen's.

Posted by: But they took oaths! at April 08, 2023 10:13 AM (V6LRK)

153 122 Ayoob's advice is never, ever answer the door with a gun in your hand. If it's intruders, assume a defensive posture and call the cops. Open fire only when they've broken in, not before.

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By then the dog is dead and a flash-bang has gone off in the baby's crib.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 08, 2023 10:14 AM (s12c9)

154 It's not below freezing in se Pa, but was in 30s this morning and getting to low 50s and breezy

Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2023 10:15 AM (xhxe8)

155 Enough so I am having hot chocolate

Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2023 10:15 AM (xhxe8)

156 Live right, live long, and what do you get?
Posted by: Eromero at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (4svuj)

Eternal life? "My kingdom is not of this world"-Jesus.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2023 10:15 AM (FUVRY)

157 Check out this picture of Gomez and Morticia at Red State:

https://tinyurl.com/zcdja7sa

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The pride of leadership in America.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 08, 2023 10:15 AM (s12c9)

158 Yeah, yeah, I get it - no perfect world. But a man can dream, can't he?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 10:08 AM (qoGsy)
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There is reason to suspect that his wife set him up. She divorced him shortly after he went into the joint.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:16 AM (llXky)

159 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Not frozen

Posted by: JT at April 08, 2023 10:18 AM (T4tVD)

160 Live right, live long, and what do you get?

Posted by: Eromero at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (4svuj)

Another day older/deeper in debt?

Posted by: BignJames at April 08, 2023 10:18 AM (AwYPR)

161 The front page of the local paper says the tech giant who was recently stabbed to death at 2:30 am was known as a party animal for years.
Nothing good happens after midnight, imho.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 10:19 AM (jTmQV)

162 Live right, live long, and what do you get?
Posted by: Eromero at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (4svuj)

Eternal life? "My kingdom is not of this world"-Jesus.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Ouch. I don't think works righteousness is going to fool a Holy God. Please consider the Five Solas.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 10:19 AM (YXHzG)

163 At American Greatness, Josh Hammer reenacts a scene from a beloved movie:

"Surely there is some creative and ambitious right-wing prosecutor in the Oklahoma Panhandle or West Texas who would like to summon Hunter Biden or Anthony Fauci out to “flyover country,” right?"

Bueller? Bueller?

Posted by: Let gp Sink In at April 08, 2023 10:19 AM (MvF+J)

164 Things changed went they went from peace officer to law enforcement officer. Then they got all that gear and equipment from the feds.

Guy’s got a warrant for failure to appear? Suit up and get the MRAP!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 08, 2023 10:20 AM (u73oe)

165 Nothing good happens after midnight, imho.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 10:19 AM (jTmQV

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*fistbump*

Posted by: Cinderella at April 08, 2023 10:20 AM (s12c9)

166
Gunning down pets is "OK" because "our policy" permits it. Dittos with extinguishing human life just because they are in a man's their castle and the vic happened to have an interest in maintaining security for he and his household.

Government looks at us as diseased livestock. Killing a man at the front door of his own home is OK because every officer wants to go home safely even at the expense of an innocent citizen's life.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (YXHzG)
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All that rage is taking years off you rlife. It's not worth it.

Mistakes happen. We live in a fallen world. Sometimes there are no right choices.

But that shouldn't stop us from learning what we can and doing the best we can in a given situation.

Or, you know, just rage about it. Whatever works for you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:20 AM (llXky)

167 Yesterday at 5:00PM it was 88.7 degrees in the back yard.

Cold front came in fast and hard, and within 20 minutes it had dropped 28 degrees.

51.6 degrees right now with sporadic cold and windy drizzle action.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 08, 2023 10:20 AM (1n+EO)

168 Things changed went they went from peace officer to law enforcement officer. Then they got all that gear and equipment from the feds.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 08, 2023 10:20 AM (u73oe)
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Everything changed with the Fire Nation attacked.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:21 AM (llXky)

169 Live right, live long, and what do you get?

Posted by: Eromero at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (4svuj)

Another day older/deeper in debt?

Posted by: BignJames at April 08, 2023 10:18 AM (AwYPR)
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Beat me to it. Threadwinner.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:22 AM (llXky)

170 165 Nothing good happens after midnight, imho.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 08, 2023 10:19 AM (jTmQV

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*fistbump*
Posted by: Cinderella at April 08, 2023 10:20 AM (s12c9)

Well, sometimes we all let it hang down.

Posted by: J.J. Cale at April 08, 2023 10:22 AM (PiwSw)

171 I would like to express my thanks to Salty Dog who kindly asked for donations to the church I serve-thus causing some official displeasure. Thanks to everyone for blessing us in this way. I got choked when I got the mail yesterday and I will be sending cards of thanks soon, and our treasurer will be sending along an official letter at some point too.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2023 09:18 AM (FUVRY)

I neglected to put my Horde nic on the check. Mine will have been postmarked Apache Junction, AZ. Please, no card of thanks. Save a dollar! I hope our efforts were successful.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2023 10:22 AM (tkR6S)

172 Air Force Increases Allowed Body Fat Percentage Amid Recruitment Struggles
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 08, 2023 10:05 AM (FVME7)
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I work in aerospace. I'm watching intently for a contract to make a fighter jet cockpit bigger.

Posted by: reason at April 08, 2023 10:23 AM (0mN7F)

173 >>>@140 Live right, live long, and what do you get? Posted by: Eromero at April 08, 2023 10:09 AM (4svuj)
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I'm rather irked by the thought that after spending so much of my earthly life battling the dirt on floors, on windows, on dishes, on clothes, on kids, etc ... That when my time comes to pass from this life, my means of transportation will be a box buried in dirt [sigh]

Posted by: Kathy at April 08, 2023 10:23 AM (JklXp)

174 Ouch. I don't think works righteousness is going to fool a Holy God. Please consider the Five Solas.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 10:19 AM (YXHzG)
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I saw the Five Solas open for Dean Martin in Vegas way back in '82. Great show!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:23 AM (llXky)

175 Morning all.
Both of my boys have taken their families on vacation for the entire week at the same time. I already feel lonesome. Or maybe anticipating being lonesome. It does not make sense as I don't usually see them during the week anyways but...

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 08, 2023 10:23 AM (Y+l9t)

176
I work in aerospace. I'm watching intently for a contract to make a fighter jet cockpit bigger.

Posted by: reason at April 08, 2023 10:23 AM (0mN7F)
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Bigger rockets on the ejector seats!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:23 AM (llXky)

177 Presumably dispatch gets contacted and asked why cops are at 331 main street and someone realizes that the warrant is for 333.

Yet another reason why everyone should have Kevlar in their hall closet, just to be able to handle that occasional unannounced call from their government.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 10:24 AM (YXHzG)

178 Yesterday at 5:00PM it was 88.7 degrees in the back yard.

Cold front came in fast and hard, and within 20 minutes it had dropped 28 degrees.

51.6 degrees right now with sporadic cold and windy drizzle action.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 08, 2023 10:20 AM (1n+EO)

It's called the 'wedge'.

Posted by: BignJames at April 08, 2023 10:25 AM (AwYPR)

179 "everyone should have Kevlar in their hall closet,"

Wear it 24/7, or you won't be able to get to it in time.

Posted by: Let gp Sink In at April 08, 2023 10:25 AM (MvF+J)

180 Word of the day

Definition: Pirandellian
Describing drama in which actors become inseparable and indistinct from the characters that they play.

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So I guess it like when Whoopi plays an idiot and Alec Baldwin plays an asshole.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 08, 2023 10:26 AM (FVME7)

181 Yet another reason why everyone should have Kevlar in their hall closet, just to be able to handle that occasional unannounced call from their government.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 10:24 AM (YXHzG)

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I have a bulletproof vest with SUSPECT printed across the back in large block letters.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 08, 2023 10:26 AM (s12c9)

182 Five Solas

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I'm familiar with Sola Mio.

I guess the others are Sola He-o, Spla She-o, Sola They-o and Sola You-o?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 08, 2023 10:26 AM (ykeLU)

183 There are reasons a F-1 driver is almost always under 6 foot and 150 pounds, weight matters.

Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2023 10:27 AM (xhxe8)

184 So I guess it like when Whoopi plays an idiot and Alec Baldwin plays an asshole.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 08, 2023 10:26 AM (FVME7)

*nods sagely*

Posted by: Stacey Abrams, President of Earf at April 08, 2023 10:29 AM (PiwSw)

185 153 122 Ayoob's advice is never, ever answer the door with a gun in your hand. If it's intruders, assume a defensive posture and call the cops. Open fire only when they've broken in, not before.

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By then the dog is dead and a flash-bang has gone off in the baby's crib.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 08, 2023 10:14 AM (s12c9)

His advice for these hypothetical scenarios depends entirely on everyone acting and reacting in accordance with his tidy little script. Life isn't that clean. The cops come busting in, one of the amped up guys fires, pack behavior kicks in and they all start shooting. Or one of them yells "gun" when there's nothing in your hand and they all start shooting. Or they start screaming unintelligible and contradictory commands at you, then start shooting because you couldn't simultaneously crawl toward them and walk backwards to them with your hands on your head. So these neat clean scenarios he posits where the cops are all rational and conscientious and act with a bias toward not blowing away someone they shouldn't don't exist very often outside his own head.

Posted by: He wuz makin' target glances at me! I was afeared fer muh life! at April 08, 2023 10:29 AM (V6LRK)

186 You can't just drop a bomb like that without some explanation or details. What more can you tell us?
Posted by: Muldoon at April 08, 2023 09:44 AM (ykeLU)

Sounds like a quote from a movie or book to me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2023 10:29 AM (tkR6S)

187 There are reasons a F-1 driver is almost always under 6 foot and 150 pounds, weight matters.

Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2023 10:27 AM (xhxe

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We'll have to outfit C-5s for air superiority missions because none of the fighters can carry the crew weight.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:30 AM (llXky)

188 According to Yahoo! News, Chris Rock is a right-winger for shooting those beer cans.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2023 10:31 AM (yGLqz)

189
His advice for these hypothetical scenarios depends entirely on everyone acting and reacting in accordance with his tidy little script. Life isn't that clean. The cops come busting in, one of the amped up guys fires, pack behavior kicks in and they all start shooting. Or one of them yells "gun" when there's nothing in your hand and they all start shooting. Or they start screaming unintelligible and contradictory commands at you, then start shooting because you couldn't simultaneously crawl toward them and walk backwards to them with your hands on your head. So these neat clean scenarios he posits where the cops are all rational and conscientious and act with a bias toward not blowing away someone they shouldn't don't exist very often outside his own head.

Posted by: He wuz makin' target glances at me! I was afeared fer muh life! at April 08, 2023 10:29 AM (V6LRK)
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Well, according to your scenario you're doomed anyway, so why worry about it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:31 AM (llXky)

190 I'm rather irked by the thought that after spending so much of my earthly life battling the dirt on floors, on windows, on dishes, on clothes, on kids, etc ... That when my time comes to pass from this life, my means of transportation will be a box buried in dirt [sigh]
Posted by: Kathy

Dust to dust as it were.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 10:31 AM (qoGsy)

191 I'm familiar with Sola Mio.

I guess the others are Sola He-o, Spla She-o, Sola They-o and Sola You-o?
Posted by: Muldoon at April 08, 2023 10:26 AM (ykeL

Ah Sola Mio.

Posted by: The other other Sola Mio at April 08, 2023 10:31 AM (V6LRK)

192 So I guess it like when Whoopi plays an idiot and Alec Baldwin plays an asshole.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 08, 2023 10:26 AM (FVME7)

Baldwin deserved an Oscar for Miami Blues. I think he was just playing himself though.

Posted by: Thesokorus at April 08, 2023 10:33 AM (1ais2)

193 So, I just learned of an experiment from the 60's-70's called "Universe 25". I can see many parallels with real life... It's interesting that the experiment was about over population consequences, which was a big thing at the time. I don't believe we are over populated per se but if enough people BELIEVE we are, I would assume the same results would be seen... "behavioral sink".

Posted by: lin-duh at April 08, 2023 10:33 AM (UUBmN)

194 You can always go with the ashes option.

Posted by: Just sayin' at April 08, 2023 10:34 AM (DhOHl)

195 Yesterday was nice, but today looks even better. The outdoors beckon!

For those not on the book thread (who I will greet tomorrow), Happy Easter!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:34 AM (llXky)

196 What is ironic about the Josh Hawley novel set in Trump presidency time before he could even imagine the Wuhan flu and the lockdown, is that he projects the deep state going all lockdown with martial law after engineering a killer virus, but under Trump.

He couldn't predict how it would be used to push Trump out and install a the puppet Biden, after which the deep state would go full authoritarian gonzo using shutdown, then using tranny dogma.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at April 08, 2023 10:34 AM (KiBMU)

197 Massad Ayoob has a fairly recent video on what to do if you get one of those late visitors. If it's the cops, do NOT have a gun in your hand. Keep them both visible and move slowly.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:49 AM (llXky)

The cops should be charged with manslaughter. Or criminal negligence causing death.

The guy should not have opened the door. How does he know it's cops, and not home invaders posing as cops?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2023 10:35 AM (tkR6S)

198 Chris Rock, Kid Rock. What's the difference?

Posted by: Muldoon at April 08, 2023 10:35 AM (ykeLU)

199 cuz play as suspended at the Masters, Tiger had to finish uo 7 holes this morning

he hates early tee times and finished +1 for the remaining 7

which puts him at +3 and the cut line is at +2

as of last night, he had made the cut

CBS just had a heart attck

Posted by: REDACTED at April 08, 2023 10:36 AM (us2H3)

200 198 Chris Rock, Kid Rock. What's the difference?
Posted by: Muldoon at April 08, 2023 10:35 AM (ykeLU)

*Arched eyebrow*

Posted by: Dwayne Johnson at April 08, 2023 10:36 AM (PiwSw)

201 188 According to Yahoo! News, Chris Rock is a right-winger for shooting those beer cans.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 08, 2023 10:31 AM (yGLqz)

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I thought that was Rock Hudson.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 08, 2023 10:36 AM (s12c9)

202 shit, now the cut line is at +3 and Tiger may make it

heart attack averted

Posted by: REDACTED at April 08, 2023 10:37 AM (us2H3)

203 Wonder if Kid Rock got a visit from the FBI.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 08, 2023 10:37 AM (u73oe)

204 According to Yahoo! News, Chris Rock is a right-winger for shooting those beer cans.

"Sumpin', sumpin'... layers of editors and fact-checkers..."

Posted by: Oddbob at April 08, 2023 10:38 AM (nfrXX)

205 193 So, I just learned of an experiment from the 60's-70's called "Universe 25". I can see many parallels with real life... It's interesting that the experiment was about over population consequences, which was a big thing at the time. I don't believe we are over populated per se but if enough people BELIEVE we are, I would assume the same results would be seen... "behavioral sink".
Posted by: lin-duh at April 08, 2023 10:33 AM (UUBmN)

Profound. Actual "whoah".

Posted by: Thesokorus at April 08, 2023 10:38 AM (1ais2)

206
I thought that was Rock Hudson.
Posted by: Cicero

That was Rock Quarry.

"Was he ever!"
-- Wilma Flintstone

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 10:38 AM (qoGsy)

207 I thought that was Rock Hudson.

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WILLLLL-MA!

Posted by: Fred Flintstone at April 08, 2023 10:38 AM (ykeLU)

208 everyone should have Kevlar in their hall closet,

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Lo these many years ago when I was in law school and the world was more or less sane, a classmate considered creating a line of fashionable Kevlar clothing. His mother was appalled. "It's just giving in to them!" she said. I think there may have been some practical difficulties with creating stylish Kevlar.

Semi related, didja all see this fun fact from the Week In Pictures?

https://bit.ly/40TIlx8

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 08, 2023 10:39 AM (FVME7)

209 Yo, Adrienne!

Posted by: Muldoon at April 08, 2023 10:39 AM (ykeLU)

210 Prayers up for those that have asked for them;
Prayers up for those that know they need them but have not asked for them; and
Prayers up for those that need them but don’t know it yet!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3)

Nice covering prayer. Amen

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 08, 2023 10:39 AM (Nx1bw)

211 Win one for the Gipper.

Posted by: Knute Rockne at April 08, 2023 10:41 AM (ykeLU)

212 And it occurs to me that if the cops have the wrong house and you call 911, they'll tell you that cops have not been sent to your house. Then what?
Posted by: Oddbob at April 08, 2023 10:00 AM (nfrXX)

Call 911, and say, "a gang of armed men posing as cops is pounding on my door and demanding that I open up".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2023 10:41 AM (tkR6S)

213 I just got here. I suppose it's time for a new thread?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 08, 2023 10:41 AM (Nx1bw)

214 198 Chris Rock, Kid Rock. What's the difference?
Posted by: Muldoon at April 08, 2023 10:35 AM (ykeLU)

Word!
Gnome sayin?

Posted by: J-Rock of the Rock Pile at April 08, 2023 10:42 AM (wtZ2h)

215 Felon, please email my the church name and address. I asked salty to do it but I guess he didn't see my post. Email is in my nic.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 08, 2023 10:42 AM (UUBmN)

216 Coffee disorder???
Moi?

Naaaaaa!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 08, 2023 10:42 AM (anj39)

217 Evidently the wife fired author cops in NM before realizing who they were. Amazing she made it out alive.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 08, 2023 10:42 AM (oWBc3)

218 Chris Rock or Kid Rock > Stone Phillips

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 08, 2023 10:42 AM (FVME7)

219 The guy should not have opened the door. How does he know it's cops, and not home invaders posing as cops?

Invaders won't shoot your dogs nor will they throw flash bangs into the baby crib.

Gangbangers have some level of decency.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 10:43 AM (YXHzG)

220 Author - at the

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 08, 2023 10:43 AM (oWBc3)

221 Re: church donations - I normally would not support an organization that accounts for a substantial percentage of churches that fly rainbow and/or BLM flags in my area. However, as Fen noted, there are people and pastors within those organizations who are opposed to the rot. I figure Fen is one of those pastors; thus, I'm supporting her and her congregation.

Posted by: PabloD at April 08, 2023 10:44 AM (ffPN2)

222
Vic lives. It's just that there's not much out there this morning.

Posted by: Auspex at April 08, 2023 10:44 AM (j4U/Z)

223 I suspect there will more than a few scenarios of cops at the door, right or wrong address in the coming years. A modern version of the Kobyashi Maru scenario.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 08, 2023 10:45 AM (oWBc3)

224 Semi related, didja all see this fun fact from the Week In Pictures?

https://bit.ly/40TIlx8

And it will never change until we're able to talk about what those cities have in common without being called racists.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 08, 2023 10:45 AM (nfrXX)

225 Morning all.
Both of my boys have taken their families on vacation for the entire week at the same time. I already feel lonesome. Or maybe anticipating being lonesome. It does not make sense as I don't usually see them during the week anyways but...
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 08, 2023 10:23 AM (Y+l9t)

The Horde will keep you company.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 08, 2023 10:45 AM (Nx1bw)

226 Chris Rock, Kid Rock, The Rock, Fred Flintstone, Knute Rockne, Rock Balboa

"Think bigger fellas!"

Posted by: Cliff Robertson at April 08, 2023 10:46 AM (ykeLU)

227 Lo these many years ago when I was in law school and the world was more or less sane, a classmate considered creating a line of fashionable Kevlar clothing. His mother was appalled. "It's just giving in to them!" she said. I think there may have been some practical difficulties with creating stylish Kevlar.

I think that was at the same time when Tazing as a matter of standard law enforcement salutations became part of the culture. Some people were working on a fashion line that weaved into the fabric means to diffuse the electrical shock.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at April 08, 2023 10:46 AM (YXHzG)

228 It's like they never even heard of the eighth amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

2 former jail guards have been charged with misdemeanors for forcing inmates to listen to "Baby Shark" on repeat

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 08, 2023 10:48 AM (FVME7)

229 "Think bigger fellas!"
Posted by: Cliff Robertson at April 08, 2023 10:46 AM (ykeLU)

What part of rock pile you not gettin?
Gnome sayin.

Posted by: J-Rock of the Rock Pile at April 08, 2023 10:49 AM (wtZ2h)

230 >>>@ 175 I already feel lonesome. Or maybe anticipating being lonesome. Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 08, 2023 10:23 AM (Y+l9t)
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One of the bests lessons I learned years ago was how to feel "content" rather than "lonesome" when by myself ... I found much peace by considering that the "alone" times may have been arranged by my heavenly Father so that the two of us could engage uninterrupted in quality conversation.

Posted by: Kathy at April 08, 2023 10:50 AM (JklXp)

231 Massad Ayoob has a fairly recent video on what to do if you get one of those late visitors. If it's the cops, do NOT have a gun in your hand. Keep them both visible and move slowly.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 09:49 AM (llXky)

The cops should be charged with manslaughter. Or criminal negligence causing death.

The guy should not have opened the door. How does he know it's cops, and not home invaders posing as cops?
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First I'm hearing of this. My thought is: we can no longer assume that the cops are the good guys. Anyone coming to my home should expect that I will defend myself.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 08, 2023 10:50 AM (Nx1bw)

232 former jail guards have been charged with misdemeanors for forcing inmates to listen to "Baby Shark" on repeat
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

After babysitting my youngest grands for a week I need to be locked in a sensory deprivation cell for about a month to rid my brain of that mush.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 10:51 AM (qoGsy)

233 TV news reporter DUI:
youtube.com/watch?v=FQvmraUtpvw

Posted by: Let gp Sink In at April 08, 2023 10:51 AM (MvF+J)

234 Judy, Judy, Judy

Posted by: Cary Granite at April 08, 2023 10:51 AM (ykeLU)

235 @199 Woods made the cut. Apparently za nu ch of other players don't like playing earlier, played crappy and reduced the cut line to +3

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 08, 2023 10:52 AM (xlmS3)

236
I'm familiar with Sola Mio.

I guess the others are Sola He-o, Spla She-o, Sola They-o and Sola You-o?

Ha. New line of pronouns?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at April 08, 2023 10:52 AM (Nx1bw)

237 After babysitting my youngest grands for a week I need to be locked in a sensory deprivation cell for about a month to rid my brain of that mush.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 10:51 AM (qoGsy)

You know, I can help with that.

Posted by: Rick Astley at April 08, 2023 10:54 AM (PiwSw)

238 Posted by: PabloD at April 08, 2023 10:44 AM (ffPN2)

Thanks.

No church which I have served has ever-or will ever have- a rainbow flag or a BLM flag. We have two flags in our sanctuary, a Christian flag and the American flag, and to be fair to the pastors that preceded me who may have been more "progressive" than I am, they didn't have rainbow flags either, but the BLM grift and violence was happening when I was a pastor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2023 10:54 AM (FUVRY)

239 ---
Everything changed with the Fire Nation attacked.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:21 AM (llXky)

I love this. One of my favorite shows.

Posted by: Moki at April 08, 2023 10:54 AM (JrN/x)

240 /rock socks off

Posted by: Muldoon at April 08, 2023 10:56 AM (ykeLU)

241 A bunch of players

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 08, 2023 10:56 AM (xlmS3)

242 After babysitting my youngest grands for a week I need to be locked in a sensory deprivation cell for about a month to rid my brain of that mush.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 10:51 AM (qoGsy)

Cocomellon!

Posted by: Reforger at April 08, 2023 10:57 AM (wtZ2h)

243 Fen,

We are just hoping for an Easter miracle for your church. Your parishoners deserve it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 08, 2023 10:57 AM (u7leW)

244 Tonypete - imagine the horror of going into the sensory deprivation tank and all your brain can do is silently repeat "Baby Shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doot" over and over again.

Posted by: PabloD at April 08, 2023 10:57 AM (ffPN2)

245 Prayers for the horde's intentions both voiced and unvoiced.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 08, 2023 10:58 AM (pTC3n)

246 One of my pet peeves was in full force a while ago. The drive-thru pharmacy. Why do some people feel the need to discuss, debate and question their meds with the clerk?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 08, 2023 10:59 AM (Q4IgG)

247 One of my pet peeves was in full force a while ago. The drive-thru pharmacy. Why do some people feel the need to discuss, debate and question their meds with the clerk?
Posted by: Martini Farmer

*****

Lean on your horn and yell out the window, "I need my blood pressure meds NOWWWW!"

Posted by: Muldoon at April 08, 2023 11:03 AM (ykeLU)

248 I actually miss those kids songs. It had been the background music for my house for Almost 4 years.
Now they have moved out and my house is a big dead empty quiet place.
I miss those little guys a lot.

Posted by: Reforger at April 08, 2023 11:04 AM (wtZ2h)

249 I work in aerospace. I'm watching intently for a contract to make a fighter jet cockpit bigger. Posted by: reason at April 08, 2023 10:23 AM (0mN7F)

the BF-110 cockpit originally had padding on the inside to protect the pilot from being thrown about in sudden maneuvers, however, Goering in his role as head of the Luftwaffe got stuck in one during an inspection and decreed it was too small for anyone to sit in so changes were made

It is rumored that Hesse, when he tried to defect to England, was unable to continue dodging the RAF because he hadn't been strapped himself in correctly for the newer version of BF-110 and was shaken around in the the modified cockpit.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 08, 2023 11:05 AM (xhaym)

250 One of my pet peeves was in full force a while ago. The drive-thru pharmacy. Why do some people feel the need to discuss, debate and question their meds with the clerk?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 08, 2023 10:59 AM (Q4IgG)

One of my pet peeves is drive-thru anything. Park the damned car and walk in. And then get shitty service because all the dillweed clerks are attending the drive-thru, and ignoring the counter.

My solution? Drive-thrus should be stand alone, regardless of product sold.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2023 11:05 AM (tkR6S)

251 > Lean on your horn and yell out the window, "I need my blood pressure meds NOWWWW!"
Posted by: Muldoon
___________

I was >< that close to walking up to the window and.... types, deletes...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 08, 2023 11:08 AM (Q4IgG)

252 My solution? Drive-thrus should be stand alone, regardless of product sold.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2023 11:05 AM (tkR6S)

Drive-thru shoe store FTW!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 08, 2023 11:08 AM (PiwSw)

253 I read the prayer list and think, my troubles are trivia.

Posted by: Just anonymous at April 08, 2023 11:08 AM (cnokD)

254 It is rumored that Hesse, when he tried to defect to England, was unable to continue dodging the RAF because he hadn't been strapped himself in correctly for the newer version of BF-110 and was shaken around in the the modified cockpit.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 08, 2023 11:05 AM (xhaym)

Which experience led to him writing the counter-culture classic, "Schleppenwolf".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2023 11:09 AM (tkR6S)

255 We're having a neighborhood Easter egg hunt later this morning. I have to go buy lots of chocolate stuff before it starts. Muffins and Memosa for adults.
Yum!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 08, 2023 11:10 AM (anj39)

256 Just got back from breakfast and car ride with best friend. Great way to start the day. Prayers up for all the horde's intentions, those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 11:10 AM (ju2Fy)

257 253 I read the prayer list and think, my troubles are trivia.
Posted by: Just anonymous at April 08, 2023 11:08 AM (cnokD)

Yep.

https://is.gd/xxON7P

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 08, 2023 11:11 AM (PiwSw)

258 Which experience led to him writing the counter-culture classic, "Schleppenwolf".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2023 11:09 AM (tkR6S)

ROFL

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 08, 2023 11:13 AM (r46W7)

259 244 Tonypete - imagine the horror of going into the sensory deprivation tank and all your brain can do is silently repeat "Baby Shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doot" over and over again.
Posted by: PabloD at April 08, 2023 10:57 AM (ffPN2)

There's medication you can take for that ;-)

Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 11:17 AM (Zzbjj)

260 Morning from Canuckistan, you all, and happy Easter weekend! One coffee down and several to go, and started off the morning by picking up a CCM bike from Canadian Tire for my daughter at about 70% off. Hoping it gets her and my other daughter (looking for one for her right now) out and about this spring and summer.

Posted by: The_Hoser at April 08, 2023 11:18 AM (N66D6)

261 Shadout Mapes @ 257-
I too look at my piddly travails and give GOD thanks they're not so bad. Except for Mrs. E's budding maple syrup addiction, getting her morning fix in her coffee. You know anything about that?

Posted by: Eromero at April 08, 2023 11:20 AM (4svuj)

262 Haven't been on this thread in a while, because everyone is now an hour ahead of us, and Saturdays have generally been hella busy.

Anyhoo, read the prayers list, one of the best features of this whole site. Truly. Thank you to all who help make it happen, and of course, prayers to all who ask for God's grace.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 08, 2023 11:20 AM (5aiaB)

263 I too look at my piddly travails and give GOD thanks they're not so bad. Except for Mrs. E's budding maple syrup addiction, getting her morning fix in her coffee. You know anything about that?
Posted by: Eromero at April 08, 2023 11:20 AM (4svuj)

CBD warned you

Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 11:21 AM (Zzbjj)

264 Tonypete - imagine the horror of going into the sensory deprivation tank and all your brain can do is silently repeat "Baby Shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doot" over and over again.
Posted by: PabloD at April 08, 2023 10:57 AM (ffPN2)

There's medication you can take for that ;-)
Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 11:17 AM (Zzbjj)

Yes, I think they call it strychnine.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 08, 2023 11:22 AM (5aiaB)

265 62 I can sea you people aren't going to stop.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 08, 2023 09:32 AM (qoGsy)
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Some of us do know our plaice in society.

Posted by: Ciampino - A Summer Plaice at April 08, 2023 11:22 AM (qfLjt)

266 Yes, I think they call it strychnine.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 08, 2023 11:22 AM (5aiaB)

Maybe for some. I have my own way of removing an earworm

Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 11:22 AM (Zzbjj)

267 Good to see you, BurtTC. How are you doing?

Posted by: screaming in digital at April 08, 2023 11:22 AM (aBJcM)

268 Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 08, 2023 10:59 AM (Q4IgG)

One of my pet peeves is drive-thru anything. Park the damned car and walk in. And then get shitty service because all the dillweed clerks are attending the drive-thru, and ignoring the counter.

My solution? Drive-thrus should be stand alone, regardless of product sold.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2023 11:05 AM (tkR6S)

Of course, the original drive-through pharmacies were found in the hood. You had much less confusion and nonsense and discussion when the "pharmacist" had his sidearm tucked in his wasteband.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 08, 2023 11:25 AM (5aiaB)

269 Been a long time ago but have sat in A-20 and F-15 cockpits and there isn't much room but to sit and not move

Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2023 11:25 AM (xhxe8)

270 Thanks Mishum . Working on a happy festivus package heading your way. It occurred to me this morning that I need to be more proactive in demonstrating my appreciation for those people in my life who quietly contribute value to my meager daily existence. Considered this morning that I may have been taking Mrs. Sock for granted lately and grew into the realization that the list is long.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Free Jacob Chansley at April 08, 2023 11:26 AM (Wb8zJ)

271 Yes, I think they call it strychnine.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 08, 2023 11:22 AM (5aiaB)

Maybe for some. I have my own way of removing an earworm
Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 11:22 AM (Zzbjj)

I do have a power drill, but thankfully, I'm really not familiar with that shark song. I think I've heard it, but it's not part of my brain.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 08, 2023 11:26 AM (5aiaB)

272 Only way to get rid of an earworm is to wmbrace it. Blow up the ambush. Walk through the fire.

Posted by: Thesokorus at April 08, 2023 11:27 AM (1ais2)

273 Good to see you, BurtTC. How are you doing?
Posted by: screaming in digital at April 08, 2023 11:22 AM (aBJcM)

Thank you for asking! One day at a time. So much change over the past several months, not enough time to process it all. I'm eternally grateful for kindness these days though, wherever I find it, including here.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 08, 2023 11:27 AM (5aiaB)

274
I do have a power drill, but thankfully, I'm really not familiar with that shark song. I think I've heard it, but it's not part of my brain.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 08, 2023 11:26 AM (5aiaB)

That shark thing never gets stuck in my head as I banned it early on, but I do get the occasional 70s songs stuck in my head at bed time. Never tried a drill.

Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 11:28 AM (Zzbjj)

275 KT nood.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 11:29 AM (ju2Fy)

276 272 Only way to get rid of an earworm is to wmbrace it. Blow up the ambush. Walk through the fire.
Posted by: Thesokorus at April 08, 2023 11:27 AM (1ais2)

You can try to think over it as well, drown it out with a more complicated repetition.

Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 11:29 AM (Zzbjj)

277 Been a long time ago but have sat in A-20 and F-15 cockpits and there isn't much room but to sit and not move
Posted by: Skip at April 08, 2023 11:25 AM (xhxe

Modern jets are amazing machines, but those WWII fighters and bombers... yeesh, the thing that stands out is the fact that everyone on the crew, pilots, gunners, everyone, had to be remarkably small men.

When I've had a chance, I'm like yeah, no. I'm not going to try to climb up and in there. I might need a bucket of butter to get back out.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 08, 2023 11:30 AM (5aiaB)

278 Maybe for some. I have my own way of removing an earworm

Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 11:22 AM (Zzbjj)

My removal tool is a big-band version of the Thomas The Tank Engine theme song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYob4uDjEKI

Posted by: The_Hoser at April 08, 2023 11:30 AM (N66D6)

279 One of my pet peeves is drive-thru anything. Park the damned car and walk in. And then get shitty service because all the dillweed clerks are attending the drive-thru, and ignoring the counter.
My solution? Drive-thrus should be stand alone, regardless of product sold.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 08, 2023

Some years ago I was in Pensacola and there was a fella there named Willie Junior who had a funeral home with a drive thru to view the deceased.

Later on Willie was found dead underneath his house after drinking antifreeze, which some say he may have done or was done to him.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 08, 2023 11:30 AM (R/m4+)

280 KT nood.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 08, 2023 11:29 AM (ju2Fy)

Already? Ok... onward and upward.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 08, 2023 11:31 AM (5aiaB)

281 My removal tool is a big-band version of the Thomas The Tank Engine theme song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYob4uDjEKI
Posted by: The_Hoser at April 08, 2023 11:30 AM (N66D6)

I love that show

Posted by: CN at April 08, 2023 11:32 AM (Zzbjj)

282 I'm assuming "Johnny Noir" is the worst kind of troll

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at April 08, 2023 11:35 AM (TvPmY)

283 I am thankful for having never heard Baby shark. I plan on keeping it that way.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at April 08, 2023 11:43 AM (T/Lqj)

284 Where has it ever been acceptable to greet law enforcement with a gun in your hand?

Should they have shot him? Of course not. But could he have handled the situation better? Yes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 08, 2023 10:02 AM (llXky)

C'mon y'all. Use some common sense. Answer the door a quarter of the way with the gun being held behind he door. If it really is the cops, put the gun on the floor and back away showing both hands clear. It's not fucking rocket surgery.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 08, 2023 11:49 AM (BdMk6)

285 Looks like ace is getting material for monday:

George Floyd riots rewritten as “2020 fires.”

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 08, 2023 12:02 PM (zZu0s)

286 Well, they've done the impossible. Made beer unpopular.

"Never seen such little sales": This distributor is worried about losing his job because nobody's buying Budweiser after its trans stunt

https://bit.ly/3MuSxIk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 08, 2023 12:22 PM (FVME7)

287 Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 08, 2023 10:57 AM (u7leW)

Thank you so much, dear

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 08, 2023 03:02 PM (FUVRY)

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