Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

(No argument here. There?)

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Good morning Folks. Before we get into the Prayer Revival, just a few rulz to go over.

1) Open thread. Feel free to opine, bloviate and/or lurk. It's all good.
2) Be nice, especially to the 'Ettes don't be touchin' 'em without permission.
3) No juggling with running chain saws. Running with sharp objects is frowned upon.
4) Have a nice weekend.

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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:
8/26 – Dash my Lace Wings asked for continued prayers. Her husband is still sober but needs to develop some interests to keep his mind and body busy – something that will give him joy and purpose in life.
9/23 – Thanks are sent to all for the prayers. They are doing well.
8/30 – Debby Doberman Schultz asked for prayers. Her husband passed away on 8/30, with her sitting beside him, holding his hand. The kids had been in and out, but the end it was like the beginning - just the two of them. As painful as it was, she wouldn’t have it any other way. She is so gratified that he is relieved of his suffering.
9/30 Update – Debby sends thanks to all for their prayers. They were appreciated more than anyone can know.
9/9 – Jewells asked for prayers for her brother-in-law and his wife. The brother-in-law has been diagnosed with dementia. He is diabetic and cannot give himself his injections, and he refuses to let his wife help him. He also refuses to stay home, even getting into the car with strangers to get away. Please pray for strength and wisdom for her, and for him to accept the changes that have to happen.
9/23 Update – The situation is getting worse. Her brother-in-law just wanders off when he knows his wife is not looking. He also has a “friend” who helped him withdraw all the money from the couple’s joint account, and put it into an account in just the BIL’s name. Now the wife cannot pay the bills or the mortgage. The BIL fell again, and his wife is at her wits end.
9/9 – NaughtyPine asked for prayers for one of her brothers. He’d been in the hospital for a week after a breakdown. This is the strong brother, the one who takes care of everyone else and never asks for anything.
9/30 Update – Her brother was cleared to return to work. She also says thanks for the prayers, and thanks for the advice, to ask him if he needs or wants anything every time they talk, so he doesn’t have to ask.
9/9 – San Franpsycho sent some updates: Paul, who we have been praying for as he deals with cancer, was admitted to the hospital last week for an ulcer. The NG tube was removed, and he will be able to eat soon. The other update is that Mrs. F. is feeling better in the ER, after 2 fluid IVs.
9/23 Update – There is no good news on Paul to report. Mrs. F is back to 100%.
10/7 Update – Paul has elected to discontinue further treatment of his cancer. San Franpsycho will fly out to see him for his birthday Friday. Please continue to pray for his complete and immediate healing.
9/9 – RedMindBlueState requested prayers. His brother-in-law’s mother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and is not doing well. Prayers also for the family at this difficult time.
9/14 – creeper asked for prayers for a man who has destroyed his back after years of hard physical labor. He can’t have any more back surgery, so he is having an electronic nerve stimulator put in. Prayers that it would work would be appreciated.
9/23 Update – creeper says thank you for your prayers. They took the temporary nerve stimulator out of his back, and it’s up to him if he wants a permanent one. But it was the first noticeable pain relief in three years. It may have been medical science helping, but creeper thinks it was the Horde’s prayers.
9/14 – FenelonSpoke requested prayers for Jessie, their church organist. She hasn’t been able to play at church for a while, but she is back in the hospital. Prayers are appreciated!
9/30 Update – Please continue to pray for Jessie. She went to rehab for her arm, but got Covid, so it’s been difficult. Fenelon was able to visit her. She was mentally sharp but very tired, and able to laugh.
9/15 - Jewells45 could use prayers. Her last rounds of chemo have been tough on her.
9/16 – Rhennigantx asked for prayers as he experiences Afib. He is now facing drugs or maybe the ablation treatment.
9/16 – LMD asked for prayers for a sister who is in the final throes of hospice. Please pray that she will pass on so that her suffering will stop. Prayers are much appreciated.
9/22 – DaveT sent an update. He is a retired gentleman, and we had prayed for him in May, as he was going through some legal battles to save his home, for himself and his cats. The legal (and home repair) battles continue, and additional contributions would be very much appreciated. Please email Annie’s Stew directly if you would like to contribute, and she will send you the link to his GiveSendGo account.
9/23 – Jim (in kalifornia) provided an update on his relatives. His father-in-law is better after having a vascular catheter put in and emergency dialysis. His wife suffered through helping him, and also ended up with a new tumor. She also missed about 5 treatments, so all her other tumor markers are way up.
9/30 Update – Jim and his family could still use some prayers. His wife hasn’t been doing her cancer treatments. She has a new tumor in a new organ, a lung. His younger son is being a stupid teenager. They found drugs (weed, mushrooms) in his room and he didn’t see anything wrong with that (despite my house, my rules, zero drug policy). His father-in-law is finally out of the hospital. All this meant Jim hasn’t been working, so with big bills coming up (home insurance, car insurance), it will be fun figuring out which bills not to pay.
9/23 – Polliwog the Ette requested prayers for her mother-in-law, Peggy, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. It seems to be contained, but fast-growing, and hopefully a lumpectomy will be sufficient. She is understandably nervous about the whole thing and would appreciate prayers.
9/24 – Eromero was having dinner with a 95 year-old buddy at the senior living facility, and had to bring his friend to the ER with pneumonia symptoms.
9/30 – Duke Lowell posted that his mother-in-law, who lived with them for ten years, had passed away on Wednesday. He asked that God would welcome her into his kingdom and the He comfort Duke’s wife and her brother.
10/1 Coelacanth asked for continued prayers for Cam. In addition to the other medical (and other) issues that Cam and his family are experiencing, Cam just found out he has testicular cancer, at age 26. Surgery is anticipated for later in October. Prayers are gratefully appreciated.
10/1 - Morgan, long-time lurker, gives praise for the exercise of God’s providence. He had a job offer in Sarasota that was withdrawn this morning. Very disappointed, but God has other plans for me which he has not yet revealed. Praise be to God.
10/2 – SMH asked for prayers for his ex-ex’s dad, which has stage IV laryngeal cancer. He had a trach put in last week, and it will be permanent. The cancer is very aggressive, and it’s only got 50-50 odds if he agrees to the treatment plan (total laryngectomy and lymph node removal, plus radiation).
10/3 – Hadrian asked for prayers for his brother and sister-in-law, who are on sabbatical in Spain. They’ve both come down with Covid and are confined to a small, temporary apartment. Prayers appreciated for 1) their quick recovery and 2) they survive the time cooped up with each other.
10/7 – Halfhand asked for prayers for her dear friend and former neighbor, Kathleen, who has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and is currently undergoing chemo.
10/7 – Reforger requested prayers for a friend and coworker’s father, 92, and curled up into a ball on hospice. Reforger is praying that he would pass soon. The only allowable drug is morphine, and it’s not even helping with the pain; he barely is able to breathe.
10/7 – AnchorPoint asked for prayers related to a possible job change that terrifies him. It could be absolutely fantastic for him personally and professionally. He prays for God’s will, and not his, though.
10/10 – TP requested prayers for her co-worker, J. She has worked with him for many years, and was told today that they are firing J and his crew. Prayers for all of them are welcome, too. But J. is close to retirement age and it’s unlikely he’ll find a good job. Por, prayers that she is wrong and that he can bounce back from this.
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.

Thank you Annie.

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

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1 Prayers up for those that have asked us for them;
Prayers up for those that know they need them but have not asked us for them;
Prayers up for those that need them but don’t know it yet; and
Prayers up for those who pray alone, asking in silence, and whose prayers are known but to God!
Amen!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 14, 2023 08:57 AM (hOUT3)

2 My wife says I'm the cheapest man she's ever met.

I'm not buying it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 14, 2023 09:01 AM (EnsGU)

3 Good morning everyone! The visit of the relics of St. Jude, Apostle of the Impossible, was amazing. Two days later I still struggle to articulate what I felt when my hand touched the reliquary. My youngest daughter - the one who was a God-hating trans-kid - was with me and afterwards said she felt euphoric. Like most teens, she's irregular on Mass attendance, but was wanting to know this weekend's worship schedule. We'll do Reconciliation today, Mass tomorrow and then feast to celebrate our completion of the requirements for a plenary indulgence.

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is asking for next Tuesday to be a day of fasting, abstinence and prayer for peace and our bishop is echoing this request, so we're doing a bit of Lent in October this year.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 09:02 AM (llXky)

4 Paul Krugman's war on sanity is over. He lost.
Posted by: Tom Servo

He ignored 58% of the data to torture the numbers to arrive at his misbegotten conclusion. 58%! Did he think no one was going to check his math?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 14, 2023 09:04 AM (EnsGU)

5 Wazzup!? Whozzup!?

Posted by: BignJames at October 14, 2023 09:04 AM (AwYPR)

6 2 My wife says I'm the cheapest man she's ever met.

I'm not buying it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 14, 2023 09:01 AM (EnsGU)
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Ask her how many has she bought.

Posted by: Ciampino - In a tunnel, In a cavern, ... Clementine at October 14, 2023 09:06 AM (qfLjt)

7 I nooded. Good morning MisHum!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 14, 2023 09:06 AM (iF0sF)

8 Ask her how many has she bought.

Posted by: Ciampino - In a tunnel, In a cavern, ... Clementine at October 14, 2023 09:06 AM (qfLjt)

Cheaper to lease.

Posted by: BignJames at October 14, 2023 09:07 AM (AwYPR)

9 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 14, 2023 09:08 AM (Q4IgG)

10 He ignored 58% of the data to torture the numbers to arrive at his misbegotten conclusion. 58%! Did he think no one was going to check his math?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 14, 2023 09:04 AM (EnsGU)
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More to the point, did he care? There was a time when policy debates involved sifting evidence and sincerely trying to find out what worked. That stopped about 20 years ago when the left decided that all of their policy "solutions" were now moral imperatives and had to be done because they were "right," not because they would accomplish stated goals.

Thus gun control may well increase crime and violance, but it's "the right thing to do."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 09:09 AM (llXky)

11 Mister, we could use a man like Jack "There's no time!" Bauer again.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 09:04 AM (4I/2K)
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Establish a perimeter! Get Chloe on the phone!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 14, 2023 09:09 AM (DMlZ/)

12 holy tar, how'd it get to be 8 o'clock?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at October 14, 2023 09:10 AM (+vFC3)

13 Have a coffee cup and cinnamon bagel for break very soon

Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 09:10 AM (fwDg9)

14 I'm putting you on speaker phone!

Posted by: Jack Baur at October 14, 2023 09:10 AM (SYTee)

15 Jude is my son's middle name.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 14, 2023 09:10 AM (QBwwm)

16 Good Saturday morning, horde.

So much difficulty, and suffering, and emotional distress. I've said the prayers for each of you, requested and not.

And, of course, prayers for guidance and victory in Israel.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 14, 2023 09:10 AM (OX9vb)

17 Paul Krugman's war on sanity is over. He lost.
Posted by: Tom Servo

He ignored 58% of the data to torture the numbers to arrive at his misbegotten conclusion. 58%! Did he think no one was going to check his math?
Posted by: Blutarski,
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Anyone who is stupid enough to waste their time reading Krugman is probably also gonna be stupid enough to believe whatever he says.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 14, 2023 09:12 AM (dr4Q1)

18 Mrs B got a call from our daughter yesterday saying she's visiting next Sunday for the express purpose of introducing her new beau (new to us, they dated in college).

This is an unalloyed good thing for us.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 14, 2023 09:12 AM (EnsGU)

19 Jude is my son's middle name.
Posted by: lin-duh at October 14, 2023 09:10 AM (QBwwm)

Is he Impossible on occasion?

Posted by: Vanya at October 14, 2023 09:12 AM (v27SO)

20 6 2 My wife says I'm the cheapest man she's ever met.

I'm not buying it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 14, 2023 09:01 AM (EnsGU)
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Ask her how many has she bought.

Posted by: Ciampino - In a tunnel, In a cavern, ... Clementine at October 14, 2023 09:06 AM (qfLjt)

Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles, soft and fine,
But, alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine.

Sad song, that's for sure.

Posted by: GL at October 14, 2023 09:12 AM (5fDan)

21 10/7 – Reforger requested prayers for a friend and coworker’s father, 92, and curled up into a ball on hospice. Reforger is praying that he would pass soon. The only allowable drug is morphine, and it’s not even helping with the pain; he barely is able to breathe.

Update.
Thank you all. The old man is still sitting there. They did a catheter into him and got gallons of pee. He was passing enough that they weren't worried about it but he was still swelling up and retaining water so they just tried a one time use one. Now he has a set up in all the time. (I just can't imagine...)
Went from 190 to 150 pounds over the week and a lot of pain went with that water. They say this all the time but "any day now."

Thank you all.

Posted by: Reforger at October 14, 2023 09:13 AM (sKkve)

22 Prayers for all the horde and horde-affiliated what needs 'em. It works and is powerful stuff.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 09:13 AM (4I/2K)

23 Pardon me for not updating on my 95 year old Sunday school buddy. He did pass away October 4th. His widow is 93, deaf, and nearly blind and Mrs.E is her caregiver. We are planning memorial, tying up loose ends, finding resources, etc. We'll miss my buddy even though we know he's better off than we are. Perspective.

Posted by: Eromero at October 14, 2023 09:13 AM (KiuiP)

24
My wife sez she doesn't understand cloning.

That makes two of us.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 14, 2023 09:13 AM (NBVIP)

25 I've read all the prayer requests. Thanks so very much to Annie, MisHum and AoSHQ for collecting and posting them.

Posted by: gp at October 14, 2023 09:14 AM (MvF+J)

26 Patch me through, Chloe, and send me the location.

Posted by: Jack Bauer at October 14, 2023 09:16 AM (4I/2K)

27 Jude is my son's middle name.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 14, 2023 09:10 AM (QBwwm)

When he misbehaves, do you say:

Hey Jude. Don't make it bad!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 14, 2023 09:16 AM (QzZeQ)

28 Didn't need no welfare state.

Posted by: Archie at October 14, 2023 09:17 AM (NBVIP)

29 I haven't been around much in the last couple of weeks. Son has been in the ICU for ten days and it looks like it will be a couple more. I would so very much appreciate your prayers for him.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 14, 2023 09:18 AM (45fpk)

30 Everybody pulled his weight.

Posted by: Edith at October 14, 2023 09:18 AM (NBVIP)

31 "Jude is my son's middle name.
Posted by: lin-duh"
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One of my brothers' middle name is also Jude. My mother gave it to him after praying to St Jude for the health of another brother when he was sick as a baby. The praying was fruitful.

Posted by: Cosda at October 14, 2023 09:18 AM (lVQVL)

32 I thank you all for the continued prayers. Some of you might know I am on a 6 week break from chemo. I feel so much better. Date for next treatment is the day after I get home from Texas. Oh well.. as least I get to come this year. Not looking forward to starting up again. I truly can understand those that just quit and say they have had enough.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 14, 2023 09:18 AM (iF0sF)

33 Gee, our old LaSalle ran great!

Posted by: Archie and Edith at October 14, 2023 09:19 AM (NBVIP)

34 Prayers up for all the horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 14, 2023 09:19 AM (ju2Fy)

35 Those were the days!

Posted by: Archie and Edith at October 14, 2023 09:19 AM (NBVIP)

36
Ay de mí, Llorona
Llorona de azul celeste
Ay de mí, Llorona
Llorona de azul celeste...

Posted by: runner at October 14, 2023 09:19 AM (V13WU)

37 I haven't been around much in the last couple of weeks. Son has been in the ICU for ten days and it looks like it will be a couple more. I would so very much appreciate your prayers for him.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 14, 2023 09:18 AM (45fpk)

Of course. And yes you do belong.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 09:20 AM (4I/2K)

38 Hey, Jude!

Posted by: John, Paul, George, and Ringo at October 14, 2023 09:21 AM (NBVIP)

39 And yes you do belong.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 09:20 AM (4I/2K)

Kinda scary when you think about it.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 14, 2023 09:21 AM (45fpk)

40 You got it grammie.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 14, 2023 09:22 AM (iF0sF)

41 Thank you jewells, and continued prayers for your health and well-being.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 14, 2023 09:24 AM (45fpk)

42 grammie winger , may your son's health be restored and his health revived.

(the is also one of the top hospitals in the nation located in the nearby state....)

Posted by: runner at October 14, 2023 09:26 AM (V13WU)

43 Former terrorist Deb Haaland, now Interior Secretary, faces some criticism because her daughter belongs to a Cuban intelligence front group active in preventing oil and gas projects from starting.

Of course, Washington Republicans are too busy not doing anything to get involved.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 14, 2023 09:26 AM (XuKj1)

44 Omigosh grammie you are in our prayers.

An update on sra blasters mom who is in home hospice - she has had some improvement. They've dialed in her pain meds and she is much more comfortable without being knocked out completely.

She is better in ways that a late stage Alzheimer's patient can be better. A small blessing but a blessing nonetheless. Otherwise, though, it's a waiting game.

Posted by: blaster at October 14, 2023 09:26 AM (dWjpk)

45 * his STRENGTH revived

Posted by: runner at October 14, 2023 09:27 AM (V13WU)

46 24
My wife sez she doesn't understand cloning.

That makes two of us.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 14, 2023 09:13 AM (NBVIP)
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Good one. almost subtle.

Posted by: Ciampino - twinning at October 14, 2023 09:27 AM (qfLjt)

47 Here comes that rainy day feeling again.

Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 09:27 AM (fwDg9)

48 Grammie winger, prayers ascending for your son, and for the rest of your family as you worry and support him.

And Reforger, that the old man's suffering is ended.

And jewells, so glad you will make it to Corsicana (sorry that I cannot this year, so another opportunity to meet you is passed).

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 14, 2023 09:27 AM (OX9vb)

49 I haven't been around much in the last couple of weeks. Son has been in the ICU for ten days and it looks like it will be a couple more. I would so very much appreciate your prayers for him.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 14, 2023 09:18 AM (45fpk)
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Oh my! Prayers up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 14, 2023 09:27 AM (XuKj1)

50 willowed:
345 I do believe the so-called "two state solution" is now dead for good, because almost everyone in Israel now realizes it was never any "solution" at all. Most of them wanted to believe, just like many people in the US wanted to believe, that you could buy peace by handing out gifts to psychopaths. They have finally learned the hard way that they can't.

Now the West Bank will be a test of what to do; the people there, while nasty have been a little bit more inclined to coexistence with Israel. (of course Hamas does have a presence there) If they will help Israel root out and destroy the Hamas elements inside their society, there may be a path towards future cooperation in that area, at least.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 09:27 AM (S6gqv)

51 Time to brew up cup #2 of morning tea.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 09:28 AM (4I/2K)

52 Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion

Posted by: runner at October 14, 2023 09:28 AM (V13WU)

53 Chilling at the airport with coffee.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 09:28 AM (xehp/)

54 grammie you have it

Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 09:28 AM (fwDg9)

55 slow morning - time to be out and about anyways. see you all later today!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 09:28 AM (S6gqv)

56 Raindrops keep falling on my head.

Posted by: B. J. Thomas at October 14, 2023 09:29 AM (NBVIP)

57
32 I thank you all for the continued prayers. Some of you might know I am on a 6 week break from chemo. I feel so much better. Date for next treatment is the day after I get home from Texas. Oh well.. as least I get to come this year. Not looking forward to starting up again. I truly can understand those that just quit and say they have had enough.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 14, 2023 09:18 AM (iF0sF)
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You're brave.

Posted by: Ciampino - twinning for the double at October 14, 2023 09:29 AM (qfLjt)

58 Good morning everyone! The visit of the relics of St. Jude, Apostle of the Impossible, was amazing. Two days later I still struggle to articulate what I felt when my hand touched the reliquary. My youngest daughter - the one who was a God-hating trans-kid - was with me and afterwards said she felt euphoric. Like most teens, she's irregular on Mass attendance, but was wanting to know this weekend's worship schedule. We'll do Reconciliation today, Mass tomorrow and then feast to celebrate our completion of the requirements for a plenary indulgence.

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is asking for next Tuesday to be a day of fasting, abstinence and prayer for peace and our bishop is echoing this request, so we're doing a bit of Lent in October this year.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 09:02 AM (llXky)

Nice! sometimes it's baby steps and sometimes it's not.

I hope everything works out for y'all and your daughter is healed.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 14, 2023 09:30 AM (QzZeQ)

59 Thanks everyone, You don't know how much we appreciate your kindness. I'm off to the hospital (again) so I will see you all later. Thanks again.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 14, 2023 09:30 AM (45fpk)

60 Prayers up, grammie.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 09:31 AM (xehp/)

61 "It's not what you look at, it's what you see."

Posted by: Henry David Thoreau at October 14, 2023 09:31 AM (NBVIP)

62 Jude is my son's middle name.
Posted by: lin-duh at October 14, 2023 09:10 AM (QBwwm)

Is he Impossible on occasion?
Posted by: Vanya
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Occasionally??? Try, often....😱🤯

Posted by: lin-duh at October 14, 2023 09:33 AM (QBwwm)

63 I do believe the so-called "two state solution" is now dead for good, because almost everyone in Israel now realizes it was never any "solution" at all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 09:27 AM (S6gqv)
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The Middle East has been on the brink of war for my entire adult life, and I spent 20 years fighting a losing war to fix it. I am officially unable to muster any sort of interest in it.

The best thing Israel can do is break away from our influence, ignore our leaders, refuse all the "strings-attached" aid and do their own thing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 09:33 AM (llXky)

64 "Wait by the river long enough and the body of your enemy will float by you."

Posted by: runner at October 14, 2023 09:34 AM (V13WU)

65 "The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."

Posted by: runner at October 14, 2023 09:35 AM (V13WU)

66 61 "It's not what you look at, it's what you see."

Posted by: Henry David Thoreau at October 14, 2023 09:31 AM (NBVIP)
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Well I couldn't see any camouflage clothing.

(humor from previous thread).

Posted by: Ciampino - lazing about at October 14, 2023 09:35 AM (qfLjt)

67 The prayer list is some sobering reading. I feel fortunate in that I have no major complaints, just petty annoyances. It would be an answer to my prayer that my friend Wes studying in Jerusalem find a way home safely soon.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 14, 2023 09:35 AM (MeG8a)

68 64 "Wait by the river long enough and the body of your enemy will float by you."
Posted by: runner at October 14, 2023 09:34 AM (V13WU)

65 "The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."
Posted by: runner at October 14, 2023 09:35 AM (V13WU)

Deep Thoughs, with Sun Tzu.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 09:35 AM (xehp/)

69 Deep Thoughs, with Sun Tzu.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 09:35 AM (xehp/)

indeed...I don't know about the river one...what if there is no river and you are in a desert? Maybe he means the river of life ....

Posted by: runner at October 14, 2023 09:37 AM (V13WU)

70 Deep Thoughs, with Sun Tzu.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 09:35 AM (xehp/)

The guy had chops. Knew his stuff.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 09:37 AM (4I/2K)

71 Others have already said it better but I'm adding my prayers and love for the Horde and our loved ones. And for God's mercy on this fallen world.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 14, 2023 09:37 AM (aBJcM)

72 Test.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 14, 2023 09:38 AM (ju2Fy)

73 Nice! sometimes it's baby steps and sometimes it's not.

I hope everything works out for y'all and your daughter is healed.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 14, 2023 09:30 AM (QzZeQ)
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Yes, there were periods where things looked very bad, which I don't get into. In our current culture, I find the soft touch is best, a gentle invitation rather than main force. In her case, it seems to be working.

It's also a case of loving patience and realistic expectations. My wife and I both were pretty wild during those years, disdaining religion and doing our own thing. I'm giving my kids space to do the same so that when they come back, it is their deliberate choice at their time. I know Catholics who were very strict with their kids, enforced the Sacraments, Mass attendance, and none of their grandkids have been baptized as a result.

And in fact, my eldest has professed to being a witch, because of course. Gotta rebel. The funniest part of that conversation was the look of abject horror on the face of the youngest, who wanted to fetch an exorcist on the spot.

There's always something, which is why we have to make space for God on a daily basis.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 09:38 AM (llXky)

74 Pretty sure my trans/furry/binary neighbor OD'ed last night.
Fire truck shows up, everyone outside crying then the crew left and 30 minutes later a cop showed up. No Ambulance.
My neighborhood was somewhat of a dump when I bought this place 20 years ago but is has really gone downhill in the last 4 or 5.

Prayer up for all.

Posted by: Reforger at October 14, 2023 09:40 AM (sKkve)

75 Safe travels RMBS!

Mom and I are both sick so my trip is now in doubt. I think it's just a cold but I don't want to be the Typhoid Mary of the MoMe.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 14, 2023 09:40 AM (aBJcM)

76 The Temptations! Sweetness and Tight!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 14, 2023 09:40 AM (KVGVf)

77 Prayers up, grammie.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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What he said. For some reason when I tried to post same sentiment it wouldn't post.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 14, 2023 09:40 AM (ju2Fy)

78 so glad you will make it to Corsicana (sorry that I cannot this year, so another opportunity to meet you is passed).

Well shit. Next year!!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 14, 2023 09:41 AM (iF0sF)

79 Thanks for the Coffee Thread, Mis Hum!

Prayers up for everyone, because we all need them whether we know it or not.

Prayers for Israel and her people.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 14, 2023 09:43 AM (Zb5iS)

80 Best of hope and luck, and prayer, to everybody who has asked . . . and those who haven't.

Back from the grocery and paying my power bill. Gas is still falling in price, slowly; I decided to wait until next weekend to gas up. The big Buick is more efficient since I have not had to run the A/C both ways to work -- it's used only about a gallon a day this last week. And more "less hot" weather is promised for next week.

Still I have to make Dagny La Siberienne's appointment for her rabies shot, and maybe have a locator chip installed as I did for Stirling.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2023 09:43 AM (omVj0)

81 Sun Tzu is good reading, over all it's just common sense. However, you all would not be surprised to find out how seldom his advice is adhered to by those on our side. China? No problem, they've been following the book for thousands of years. Us? we telegraph our every move before we do it. That way there's no element of surprise.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 14, 2023 09:43 AM (MeG8a)

82 Sun Tzu is good reading, over all it's just common sense. However, you all would not be surprised to find out how seldom his advice is adhered to by those on our side. China? No problem, they've been following the book for thousands of years. Us? we telegraph our every move before we do it. That way there's no element of surprise.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 14, 2023 09:43 AM (MeG8a)
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China clearly did not always follow Sun Tzu, because if it did, its waterways wouldn't have been patrolled by foreign navies for a century.

If fact, I'm not sure China does even today. Mao's Little Red Book has a section on strategy that supersedes it, and under Communist systems, it's very different to "know yourself" because of all the layers of bureaucracy and effort to cover up problems. There has been zero negative coverage of the Chinese military, so we're expected to believe that it is the most flawless, perfect, ideal organization in human history?

No. The mishaps are covered up, so the solutions are never developed. A recurring theme in Chinese military history. Someone should write a book. Oh, wait...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 09:47 AM (llXky)

83 On the positive side (I hope), I've found a house I want to make an offer for. 4 minutes away from my brother & sister-in-law. I doubt we could do any better without being in their 'hood, but those homes are too far over my budget.

It's got a lovely screened porch and a yuge yard. I'm trying not to picture us in rocking chairs on the porch or digging in the dirt to plant veggies yet.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 14, 2023 09:48 AM (aBJcM)

84 Jewells, in 1989 I was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer. 5-20% chance of living 5 years--as an invalid, bcse the chemo would damage my heart.
After my husband died I discovered he had kept everything related to this time. I did not know he had to fight to get me treated at all--the recommendations were for palliative care. I only knew my daughter was 16 and good at it, and I was not going to leave her angry.
Well, here I am. I've watched my kids grow up and marry, I've watched my grands grow.
Oh, and ps: I've been skiing most of those years.
The chemo is so, so ugly. But so, so worth it. Wrap yourself in our prayers and keep on truckin'.

Posted by: Wenda at October 14, 2023 09:48 AM (EXPqc)

85 Well shit. Next year!!
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 14, 2023 09:41 AM (iF0sF)

Hell, yeah!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 14, 2023 09:49 AM (OX9vb)

86 "The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good."

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 09:50 AM (V13WU)

87 Has anyone heard from Vic lately? Haven't seen any posts from him for a while. I know he's had some medical issues in the past and had gone through a divorcé. Hope he's okay.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at October 14, 2023 09:50 AM (h4nev)

88 'Sup, all y'all?

Posted by: Weasel at October 14, 2023 09:51 AM (JwHpX)

89 It's got a lovely screened porch and a yuge yard. I'm trying not to picture us in rocking chairs on the porch or digging in the dirt to plant veggies yet.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 14, 2023 09:48 AM (aBJcM)

Oh, that sounds perfect!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 14, 2023 09:51 AM (OX9vb)

90 Wenda, thank you. Mine is palliative care. Stage 4 lung cancer..there is no cure. But many have lived several years. I hope I'm one of them. I just keep praying to our God for his mercy and love.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 14, 2023 09:51 AM (iF0sF)

91 The chemo is so, so ugly. But so, so worth it. Wrap yourself in our prayers and keep on truckin'.
Posted by: Wenda
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Wow. Praise God.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 14, 2023 09:52 AM (aBJcM)

92 Good morning Weasel!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 14, 2023 09:52 AM (iF0sF)

93 84
Oh, and ps: I've been skiing most of those years.
The chemo is so, so ugly. But so, so worth it. Wrap yourself in our prayers and keep on truckin'.

Posted by: Wenda at October 14, 2023 09:48 AM (EXPqc)
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A very uplifting story for those in analogous conditions.

Posted by: Ciampino - lazing about Saturday morning at October 14, 2023 09:53 AM (qfLjt)

94 Safe travels RMBS!

Mom and I are both sick so my trip is now in doubt. I think it's just a cold but I don't want to be the Typhoid Mary of the MoMe.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 14, 2023 09:40 AM

Thanks. Feel better. I had a nasty cold a week and a half ago. Not flu, not COVID. Just finished antibiotics, but still have a lingering cough to annoy people with.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 09:53 AM (xehp/)

95 Oh, here is one specifically for RMBS :

"People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election."

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 09:53 AM (V13WU)

96 Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 14, 2023 09:52 AM (iF0sF)
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Howdy Jewells!

Posted by: Weasel at October 14, 2023 09:53 AM (JwHpX)

97 I certainly defer to your research A.H., which supersedes my own. I have a copy of Art of War handy, it is a short read. The part that resounds with me the loudest is Deception. Always be deceiving your opponent. Many other things.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 14, 2023 09:54 AM (MeG8a)

98 😁

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 09:54 AM (V13WU)

99 I don't have any background but "Conservative Christopher Luxon wins N.Z. election after incumbent P.M. Chris Hipkins concedes."

In other words, NZ's version of Conservatives won a majority of seats in their legislature and will form a new government. I have no idea of how RINOish they may be or even the Party's official name. [Australia's pseudo-conservatives are the Liberals for example.]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 09:55 AM (krqg6)

100 It's got a lovely screened porch and a yuge yard. I'm trying not to picture us in rocking chairs on the porch or digging in the dirt to plant veggies yet.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 14, 2023 09:48 AM

Sounds nice. I'm still shopping. Plenty out there, but way out of my price range right now.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 09:55 AM (xehp/)

101 *Shoot well , RMBS

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 09:56 AM (V13WU)

102 Oh, here is one specifically for RMBS :

"People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election."

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 09:53 AM (V13WU)

If I may barge in,:

Or Before, During, and After sex.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 09:56 AM (4I/2K)

103 If fact, I'm not sure China does even today. Mao's Little Red Book has a section on strategy that supersedes it, and under Communist systems, it's very different to "know yourself" because of all the layers of bureaucracy and effort to cover up problems. There has been zero negative coverage of the Chinese military, so we're expected to believe that it is the most flawless, perfect, ideal organization in human history?

No. The mishaps are covered up, so the solutions are never developed. A recurring theme in Chinese military history. Someone should write a book. Oh, wait...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 09:47 AM (llXky)

One of the more subtle points about Sun Tzu that many forget is that it was written to show how a weaker force (on paper, at least) can defeat a stronger force. If you are the one with the stronger force, you shouldn't need much clever strategy to defeat those who are weaker than you, although you should be aware of what they'll try. But Sun Tzu realized, as most great military leaders always have, that the real key to winning is to get inside your enemies head, and realize what they are going to do before they do themselves.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 09:56 AM (S6gqv)

104 New tires on the Miata for the Mrs

They had another 5 or 6k but it is rainy season here.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 14, 2023 09:56 AM (lwOKI)

105 Oh, here is one specifically for RMBS :

"People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election."

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 09:53 AM

😂

Truth.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 09:57 AM (xehp/)

106 *Shoot well , RMBS
Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 09:56 AM

Thanks. If I bag one, there will be pictures.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 09:58 AM (xehp/)

107 If I may barge in,:

Or Before, During, and After sex.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 09:56 AM (4I/2K)

*I don't recall Bismarck saying THAT...

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 09:58 AM (V13WU)

108 There's always something, which is why we have to make space for God on a daily basis.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 09:38 AM (llXky)[i/]

Fantastic way to look at this life!
Thanks AHL

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 14, 2023 09:58 AM (hOUT3)

109 But Sun Tzu realized, as most great military leaders always have, that the real key to winning is to get inside your enemies head, and realize what they are going to do before they do themselves.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 09:56 AM (S6gqv)

I read Rommel's book, that magnificent bastard.

Posted by: Gen George Patton at October 14, 2023 09:59 AM (4I/2K)

110 > New tires on the Miata for the Mrs

They had another 5 or 6k but it is rainy season here.
Posted by: rhennigantx
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4 new ones on my wife's Explorer about 2 weeks ago. Pricy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 14, 2023 09:59 AM (Q4IgG)

111 OK, I need to go write the Gun Thread and start thinking about cramming stuff into the WeaselMobile. Looking forward to seeing many of all y'all next week!!

Posted by: Weasel at October 14, 2023 09:59 AM (JwHpX)

112 So I see the terrorist had detail plans for a military outpost.

They shot the 3 or 4 soldiers on duty. I wonder what info they got.

It is the top headline at Drudge.

It suggest they also had practiced the motorcycle brigades and tactics. Seems this would have been noticed.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 14, 2023 09:59 AM (lwOKI)

113 4 new ones on my wife's Explorer about 2 weeks ago. Pricy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 14, 2023 09:59 AM (Q4IgG)

Under 8 out the door. for Coopers best W rated.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (lwOKI)

114 For instance I see news reports that the IDF is about to do hostage rescue. That's fine, but why report it to the world? Unless such a report itself is deception, which is possible...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (MeG8a)

115 The elections today in Lousiana are being touted as the first major contest of the 2024 election cycle.

For Governor, Republican Jeff Landry is facing off against Communist Shawn Wilson.

The Communists have recently gone down to defeat in Germany and New Zealand. Let's hope it holds here.

Probably some prayer is in order for that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (Y6AXb)

116 One of the more subtle points about Sun Tzu that many forget is that it was written to show how a weaker force (on paper, at least) can defeat a stronger force. If you are the one with the stronger force, you shouldn't need much clever strategy to defeat those who are weaker than you, although you should be aware of what they'll try. But Sun Tzu realized, as most great military leaders always have, that the real key to winning is to get inside your enemies head, and realize what they are going to do before they do themselves.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 09:56 AM (S6gqv)
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Yes, Imperial Chinese armies tended to use sledgehammer tactics, overwhelming opponents with numbers.

Right now the US military is in a state of collapse, worse than it was under Carter, who at least recognized the problem late in his term and tried to fix it.

China seems invincible, but that's often been the case with China before. Peacetime operations often create an illusion of flawless power, especially in totalitarian societies where failure is simply not allowed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 10:01 AM (llXky)

117 Re: NZ elections - there were also some Euro elections yesterday. HA had a humorous headline about it:
"European elections: Ashes, ashes, the Greens fall down."

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 10:02 AM (S6gqv)

118 OK, I need to go write the Gun Thread and start thinking about cramming stuff into the WeaselMobile. Looking forward to seeing many of all y'all next week!!
Posted by: Weasel at October 14, 2023 09:59 AM

Safe travels, Weasel. See ya at the MoMe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 10:02 AM (xehp/)

119 yeah, deception. "watch out, we are going Gaza ! here we come !" Eliminate their leader in Nablus in the W. Bank.

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:03 AM (V13WU)

120 Oh, that sounds perfect!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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{{{Dash}}} I hope you and yours are well.

It's not perfect (not in my budget) and major issues may turn up yet, but I think it could work well for us (as long as there are no big projects).

We really need to be closer to my brother & SIL. It will help ALL of us. Right now we're 45 minutes away, which doesn't sound like much, but makes it hard to get together except on weekends. We'll also be closer to 2 of my mom's 3 nieces.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 14, 2023 10:03 AM (aBJcM)

121 > Yes, Imperial Chinese armies tended to use sledgehammer tactics, overwhelming opponents with numbers.

Post-imperial Chinese armies, too, viz. the "human wave" attacks in the Korean War. That's one advantage of being a government that Does Not Give a Fuck about human life coupled with a seemingly-endless supply of cannon fodder.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:04 AM (Y6AXb)

122 watch out , we are coming, but here is a few more hours ! "been operating on the ground for days..."

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:04 AM (V13WU)

123 Prayers up for all of the Horde and your loved ones. Prai for Israel.
Don't know if it's a weird coincidence but turned on NCIS on Paramount . The episodes are the ones where Eli David comes to DC and Palestinians try and kill him. Interesting timing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 14, 2023 10:05 AM (4bEcP)

124 But Sun Tzu realized, as most great military leaders always have, that the real key to winning is to get inside your enemies head, and realize what they are going to do before they do themselves.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 09:56 AM (S6gqv)
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Get inside their OODA loop.

In other words, if the enemy general is asking, "Where are you guys?" the correct answer is, "I'm in ur base, killin' ur d00dz!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2023 10:05 AM (BpYfr)

125 Had a copy of Von Clauswitz On War but seem to have lost decades ago

Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 10:05 AM (fwDg9)

126 99 I don't have any background but "Conservative Christopher Luxon wins N.Z. election after incumbent P.M. Chris Hipkins concedes."

In other words, NZ's version of Conservatives won a majority of seats in their legislature and will form a new government. I have no idea of how RINOish they may be or even the Party's official name. [Australia's pseudo-conservatives are the Liberals for example.]

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 09:55 AM (krqg6)
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The Kiwis need to ask for their guns back.

Posted by: Ciampino - Being polite only because everyone is armed at October 14, 2023 10:05 AM (qfLjt)

127 About to run out to the cleaners and dollar store, and maybe we'll stop off for a coffee or milk and a croissant someplace. I know we can't look directly at the eclipse, the little of it we may see here, but it would be nice to experience one again. In '84 I was home on a partial eclipse morning in summer. Arizona the big red tabby freaked out at how cool and dim it got, and how the birds stopped chirping. He ran from window to window to look out, and stared at me as if saying, "You're in charge of weather! Fix this!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2023 10:06 AM (omVj0)

128 yeah, deception. "watch out, we are going Gaza ! here we come !" Eliminate their leader in Nablus in the W. Bank.
Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:03 AM (V13WU)
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Or assassinate their leaders lounging around in Doha.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2023 10:06 AM (BpYfr)

129 li David comes to DC and Palestinians try and kill him.

==

Palis trying to kill Jews ? Day ending in a y. Unfortunately.

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:06 AM (V13WU)

130 "2 of my mom's 3 nieces."
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 14, 2023 10:03 AM (aBJcM)

Isn't that.. Cousins?

Posted by: Reforger at October 14, 2023 10:06 AM (Vtuzc)

131 Or assassinate their leaders lounging around in Doha.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2023 10:06 AM (BpYfr)

good. better: hood over head and a nice conversation later.

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:06 AM (V13WU)

132 Deception? Yeah it works. Had to teach Rocky to box right-handed. Then let him go back to punching southpaw in the late rounds. Worked like a charm!

Posted by: Mick at October 14, 2023 10:07 AM (4I/2K)

133 Re: NZ elections - there were also some Euro elections yesterday. HA had a humorous headline about it:
"European elections: Ashes, ashes, the Greens fall down."

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 10:02 AM (S6gqv)
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One of the most remarkable events of my lifetime has been the transformation of Green parties from peacniks to warmongers. It's absolutely nuts. These people went from peace marches to Unconditional Surrender almost overnight. One of the reasons I've starting going all-in on a spiritual worldview is that logic cannot explain this. It's clearly the result of their earth goddess switching from Aphrodite to Hera.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 10:08 AM (llXky)

134 4 new ones on my wife's Explorer about 2 weeks ago. Pricy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 14, 2023

***
Bought some Continentals for the big Buick in late 2020; the original Goodyears from 2015-2016 were starting to go. Since then I've had to replace one from road damage and have another repaired, but they ride very well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2023 10:09 AM (omVj0)

135 Speaking of Germany, if the Palisavage terrorist attacks on Israel are "justified" based on shit that happened 70 years ago wouldn't that make Israeli terrorist attacks on Germany "justified"?

Now, obviously the Israelis would never do that, as they are both civilized and understand that the people who committed those crimes are almost all dead, and even if they did, they wouldn't be intentionally decapitating babies and gang-raping women to death.

But it's a good thing to ask your local Palisavage sympathizers.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:09 AM (Y6AXb)

136 WHO upset that they won't be able to evacuate Gaza hospitals!

Maybe the WHO should ensure there aren't any military targets in or nearby the f#cking hospitals then?

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:09 AM (krqg6)

137 She is better in ways that a late stage Alzheimer's patient can be better. A small blessing but a blessing nonetheless. Otherwise, though, it's a waiting game.

Posted by: blaster at October 14, 2023 09:26 AM (dWjpk)

I assume that means no MoMee for you two this year? It was a pleasure to meet Sra Blaster last year, and you too of course

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 14, 2023 10:09 AM (nC+QA)

138 > 125 Had a copy of Von Clauswitz On War but seem to have lost decades ago
Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 10:05 AM (fwDg9)

https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1946

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:10 AM (Y6AXb)

139 good. better: hood over head and a nice conversation later.
Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:06 AM (V13WU)

Even better: bring a rat, metal bucket, and a propane torch.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 14, 2023 10:11 AM (zYaEn)

140 Sun is coming up and shown a clear sky.. I get to see the eclise!
It was looking questionable yesterday with the clouds.
Off to find my welding helmet.

Posted by: Reforger at October 14, 2023 10:11 AM (Vtuzc)

141 124
In other words, if the enemy general is asking, "Where are you guys?" the correct answer is, "I'm in ur base, killin' ur d00dz!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2023 10:05 AM (BpYfr)
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No,no, it's "All your base are belong to us."

Posted by: Ciampino - Jinglish at October 14, 2023 10:11 AM (qfLjt)

142 I cannot this year, so another opportunity to meet you is passed).

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 14, 2023 09:27 AM (OX9vb)

Darn! I was wondering if the situation with your husband meant you wouldn't be able to come. You will be missed.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 14, 2023 10:11 AM (nC+QA)

143 It's clearly the result of their earth goddess switching from Aphrodite to Hera.
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And unfortunately not Athena -- goddess of war but also of wisdom.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:11 AM (krqg6)

144 I spent the last week on a cruise up the Rhine, totally unplugged from all news. I did not miss it a bit.

That said, it's pretty clear to me that the Hamas butchery was done at the behest of Iran, and that Iran was probably doing it at the behest of Russia, which is losing in Ukraine and needs to change the world situation somehow so as to draw attention elsewhere.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:11 AM (I/Qkd)

145 My favorite Sun Tzu quote:

"“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 10:12 AM (S6gqv)

146 Reforger- identical cousins all the way
The Patty Duke Show

Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 10:12 AM (fwDg9)

147 Biden's deft foreign policy hand is working its magic again!

Sec of State Blinken Warns Lawmakers Azerbaijan Could Soon Invade Armenia

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:12 AM (FVME7)

148 My favorite Sun Tzu quote:

"“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

I dunno. It sounds a bit like a fortune cookie.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:13 AM (I/Qkd)

149 I've still got it somewhere -- a book with On War, Sun Tzu, and Frederick the Great's Instructions to His Generals in one volume but I haven't read it since probably the '80s.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:14 AM (krqg6)

150 I am sure Iran didn't need to talk Hamas Jihadis to rape pillage and destroy, saw video of kids wishing they could go rape, pillage and destroy themselves.

Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 10:14 AM (fwDg9)

151 Post-imperial Chinese armies, too, viz. the "human wave" attacks in the Korean War. That's one advantage of being a government that Does Not Give a Fuck about human life coupled with a seemingly-endless supply of cannon fodder.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:04 AM (Y6AXb)
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That was a little different. The Chicoms knew they could not match Western firepower, so they used night time infiltration to neutralize our air and artillery support, and then swept in armed with PPshs and bayonets. It was very effective, and the losses only started to mount when the UN troops learned to throw wire around everything, set command-detonated mines, and register all their positions for pre-set fires on demand.

The PRC tried the same thing against the Soviets, but they knew the playbook and mowed them down. The Vietnamese did the same, then went to guerilla tactics in the late 70s. China technically "won" a few miles of jungle, but at a horrific cost. They also failed to dislodge the Vietnamese from Cambodia. Mao had a serious thing for Pol Pot.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 10:14 AM (llXky)

152 Get inside their OODA loop.

In other words, if the enemy general is asking, "Where are you guys?" the correct answer is, "I'm in ur base, killin' ur d00dz!"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2023 10:05 AM

Quack, bang!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 10:14 AM (xehp/)

153 > Sec of State Blinken Warns Lawmakers Azerbaijan Could Soon Invade Armenia
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:12 AM (FVME7)

It's almost like every tin-pot dictator in the world has somehow been emboldened in the last few years.

I wonder what could have happened to cause that? (he asks, sarcastically)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:14 AM (Y6AXb)

154 That said, it's pretty clear to me that the Hamas butchery was done at the behest of Iran, and that Iran was probably doing it at the behest of Russia, which is losing in Ukraine and needs to change the world situation somehow so as to draw attention elsewhere.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:11 AM (I/Qkd)

Is there anything in your wold that does not revolve around Russia ?

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:14 AM (V13WU)

155 The air is cool and dry - perfect and typical mid-October weather here in SE Texas.

Seems everyone has dragged their unwanted stuff to the driveway and is having a garage sale today.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 10:15 AM (4I/2K)

156 Chyron reported here "due to a written threat".

Disclose.tv @disclosetv 2h
NOW - Louvre Museum in Paris is evacuated. Bomb threat.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:15 AM (krqg6)

157 I dunno. It sounds a bit like a fortune cookie.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:13 AM (I/Qkd)
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"If you lie about everything and get the media to go along with your lies, you can get ice cream twice a day."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 10:15 AM (llXky)

158 On Wednesday, Tlaib said, “I do not support targeting and killing of civilians, whether in Israel or Palestine. Fact that some have suggested otherwise is offensive and rooted in bigoted assumptions about my faith and ethnicity.”

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I think she stole that from Reinhard Heydrich.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:16 AM (FVME7)

159 > Sec of State Blinken Warns Lawmakers Azerbaijan Could Soon Invade Armenia
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:12 AM (FVME7)

It's almost like every tin-pot dictator in the world has somehow been emboldened in the last few years.

I wonder what could have happened to cause that? (he asks, sarcastically)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:14 AM (Y6AXb)

Time to get jiggy wit it!

Posted by: Every Tin-Pot Dictator at October 14, 2023 10:16 AM (4I/2K)

160 Seems everyone has dragged their unwanted stuff to the driveway and is having a garage sale today.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 10:15 AM (4I/2K)

ah, one man's trash is ....probably another man's trash also, to be honest with you

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:16 AM (V13WU)

161 Frederick the Great's instructions to his Generals is one I should find

Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 10:16 AM (fwDg9)

162 > rooted in bigoted assumptions about my faith and ethnicity

Whatever you say, Ratsheeta.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:17 AM (Y6AXb)

163 That said, it's pretty clear to me that the Hamas butchery was done at the behest of Iran, and that Iran was probably doing it at the behest of Russia, which is losing in Ukraine and needs to change the world situation somehow so as to draw attention elsewhere.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:11 AM (I/Qkd)
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OR...the US has been shown to be feckless and weak, has pissed away all its surplus munitions and can't even elect a Speaker of the House, so now seems like a good time to make a move.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 10:17 AM (llXky)

164 Speaking of Germany, if the Palisavage terrorist attacks on Israel are "justified" based on shit that happened 70 years ago wouldn't that make Israeli terrorist attacks on Germany "justified"?
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So you're saying Israel bombed Nord Stream?

Sounds good to us.

Posted by: CIA grabbing at straws at October 14, 2023 10:18 AM (Dnobf)

165 Disclose.tv @disclosetv 4h
JUST IN - Conservative National Party is on the path to victory in the New Zealand election, defeating Labour, the left-wing party of former PM Jacinda Ardern

And happy news from Oz too:

Disclose.tv @disclosetv 4h
JUST IN - Australian voters reject a constitutional amendment to enshrine an "indigenous voice in parliament" in a referendum — Guardian

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:18 AM (krqg6)

166 Frederick the Great's instructions to his Generals is one I should find
Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 10:16 AM (fwDg9)

The more I see of men , the better I like my dog?

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:18 AM (V13WU)

167 If you'll take $1 off, I'll bring back the sun!

Posted by: Count de Monet, at the garage sale later today at October 14, 2023 10:18 AM (4I/2K)

168 That’s the problem with a majority of our country today. Easily deceived.

Posted by: Drive By at October 14, 2023 10:18 AM (MNhXM)

169 Am I alone in wishing that Ratsheeta Taliban were limited to making her fucktarded comments on radio rather than video?

Because... woof!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:19 AM (Y6AXb)

170 > JUST IN - Australian voters reject a constitutional amendment to enshrine an "indigenous voice in parliament" in a referendum — Guardian
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:18 AM (krqg6)

Pixy had some comments about that in the overnight tech thread.

Apparently it got curb stomped even in the communist regions of the country.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:20 AM (Y6AXb)

171 That’s the problem with a majority of our country today. Easily deceived.
Posted by: Drive By at October 14, 2023 10:18 AM (MNhXM)

Ban di-hydrogen monoxide (DHMO)! It's killer stuff.
Here' sign this petition, please.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 10:21 AM (4I/2K)

172 Liberal Media Fears Israeli Response in Gaza "Could Be Even Worse" Than Hamas Terror

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Yeah, boy, who knows what those unprovoked Jews might do?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:21 AM (FVME7)

173 OR...the US has been shown to be feckless and weak, has pissed away all its surplus munitions and can't even elect a Speaker of the House, so now seems like a good time to make a move.

Probably both.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:22 AM (I/Qkd)

174 Damn Wenda,

That's my Mom's cancer story. She just passed away a couple years ago but my Mom was a fighter. A quiet happy warrior. A serious golfer who was qualified to tour. She played up till the last six months.

She's the best person I have ever known.

Posted by: pawn at October 14, 2023 10:22 AM (5g9YU)

175 167 If you'll take $1 off, I'll bring back the sun!
Posted by: Count de Monet, at the garage sale later today at October 14, 2023 10:18 AM (4I/2K)
LOL
Consider that one stolen.
I know exactly the right audience.

Posted by: Reforger at October 14, 2023 10:23 AM (Vtuzc)

176 My favorite Sun Tzu quote:

"“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 10:12 AM (S6gqv)

So, if i understand Sun Tau properly, what he's saying is"

Given the current state of our Armed Forces, should we go to war with China, we need to-

challenge them to a Trannie Twerk-Off.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 14, 2023 10:23 AM (QzZeQ)

177 Darn! I was wondering if the situation with your husband meant you wouldn't be able to come. You will be missed.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 14, 2023 10:11 AM (nC+QA)

Yeah, the timing of that made it almost impossible to make plans, and then just about the time everything was working out, my co-worker scheduled surgery for that week. There are only two of us, so we can't be gone at the same time. It is just not to be this year.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 14, 2023 10:24 AM (OX9vb)

178 things not to buy at garage sales:

-Banana Leaf hats
-Mexican Sombreros
-Electronics (they all have bugs...get it ???)
-Someone Else's family photos (that is just too weird)
-Lawn Equipment (it is cursed by the previous owner and will never work !)
-Old clothing (what are you , a cheapskate ?? go to Walmart)
-old shoes (they were taken off the dead guy ! are you nuts ?!)
-spare parts for whatever (you will never use them !)
-False Teeth (do I need to explain this one ??)

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:24 AM (V13WU)

179 This outrage screams out for justice!

Clemson University Students March in Protest of University Removing Tampons From Men's Bathrooms

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:25 AM (FVME7)

180 Dude finally gets it!!

“Once, I Was a Peace Advocate. Now, I Have No Idealism Left.

After terrorists killed my cousin Daniel Pearl, my family called for peace. But after the worldwide celebration of our people’s slaughter, my hope for peace is dead.”

Opinion piece at Free Press

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:25 AM (bWsRe)

181 Dude finally gets it!!

“Once, I Was a Peace Advocate. Now, I Have No Idealism Left.

After terrorists killed my cousin Daniel Pearl, my family called for peace. But after the worldwide celebration of our people’s slaughter, my hope for peace is dead.”

Opinion piece at Free Press

Better late than never.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:26 AM (I/Qkd)

182 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 3m
MORE FOOTAGE: BOMB ALERT AT PALACE OF VERSAILLES

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 14m
BREAKING: Bomb alert at Palace of Versailles in France, people evacuating.

https://tinyurl.com/4m637abh

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:26 AM (krqg6)

183 Clemson University Students March in Protest of University Removing Tampons From Men's Bathrooms

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Imagine telling someone from 2013 this would be happening in 10 years.

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:26 AM (bWsRe)

184 On Wednesday, Tlaib said, “I do not support targeting and killing of civilians, whether in Israel or Palestine. Fact that some have suggested otherwise is offensive and rooted in bigoted assumptions about my faith and ethnicity.”

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I think she stole that from Reinhard Heydrich.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:16 AM

How dare you assume that Islam is okay with killing civilians simply because Islamists regularly kill civilians.

Posted by: Vanya at October 14, 2023 10:26 AM (v27SO)

185 MSNBC Loses 33 Percent of Their Primetime Audience Amid Biased Coverage of Israel Conflict

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Like Arnold Schwarzenegger, they'll be back!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:27 AM (FVME7)

186 This outrage screams out for justice!

Clemson University Students March in Protest of University Removing Tampons From Men's Bathrooms

I'm all for it because it serves 2 functions:
1) Makes them look ridiculous, and
2) They're busy with this nonsense, so can create less trouble elsewhere.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:27 AM (I/Qkd)

187 Things to buy at garage sales :

--Hanging Skeleton (always a nice touch in your decor)
--painting of dogs playing poker (the holidays are coming up ! Black Friday has nothing on this !)

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:27 AM (V13WU)

188 Probably both.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:22 AM (I/Qkd)
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Most, if not all, of the "RUSSIA IS LOSING!!!1!" is based on Westerners declaring what Russia's "true goals" are, and then announcing their failure to achieve them. Russia never wanted to be in Kiev in 3 days, that was Milley's hallucination. If one goes back to 2014 and looks at the course of the conflict and its scope, it becomes crystal clear that Putin always wanted a limited war, with limited gains. His desired end state is a demilitarized frontier, with neutral countries on his western border. He's uninterested in dealing with angry minorities demanding independence, so annexing the Baltics, Poland, the world, etc., is just a neocon wet dream/nightmare/talking point.

Russian arms production is hitting its stride, they've shaken the rust of their military and are building a generation of tested, competent leaders with tactical competence. The rains just started, so operations are slowing down, but it appears that even so, they're prepping for serious offensive action on the Kharkov front. Avdeeka (sp?) is getting hammered, but no one cares because Israel.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 10:27 AM (llXky)

189 The Biden Regime gave 75 million dollars to Hamas leadersjip in Gaza early October.. so now what? Unreal...

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 14, 2023 10:28 AM (YyRSv)

190 > Once, I Was a Peace Advocate. Now, I Have No Idealism Left.

Yeah, well, dude, Albert Einstein was a pacifist, but nonetheless recognized that the Nazis getting nuclear weapons first would have been a Very Bad Thing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:28 AM (Y6AXb)

191 Morning.

Can someone make coffee and bring it to me? I'd really appreciate it.

Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2023 10:28 AM (1Yy3c)

192 One of the most remarkable events of my lifetime has been the transformation of Green parties from peacniks to warmongers. It's absolutely nuts. These people went from peace marches to Unconditional Surrender almost overnight. One of the reasons I've starting going all-in on a spiritual worldview is that logic cannot explain this. It's clearly the result of their earth goddess switching from Aphrodite to Hera.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 10:08 AM (llXky)

We have a very long time friend who has gone from being a Hippy like the rest of us to being a total toady for The Man.

It is inexplicable.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 10:28 AM (aD39U)

193 BTW, as part of my cruise, we were visiting the cathedral in Strasbourg (not to be missed). Anyway, I was sitting outside, waiting for the wife to finish visiting the loo, and along come a dozen French soldiers in full battle rattle and carrying what looked like very serious weaponry. Their heads were all on a swivel.

They looked like people you really, REALLY don't want to mess with, even the female one. Yes, she was smokin' hawt.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:30 AM (I/Qkd)

194 Can someone make coffee and bring it to me? I'd really appreciate it.

Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2023 10:28 AM (1Yy3c)
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Hold your mug up to the USP port.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 10:30 AM (llXky)

195 185 MSNBC Loses 33 Percent of Their Primetime Audience Amid Biased Coverage of Israel Conflict

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Like Arnold Schwarzenegger, they'll be back!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:27 AM (FVME7)

___

Yep, they sure will!
- Fox

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:30 AM (bWsRe)

196 Sobriety...I pray every day for that. And I pray for all the other drunks, yes outing myself

Posted by: JEM at October 14, 2023 10:30 AM (8erNz)

197 MSNBC Loses 33 Percent of Their Primetime Audience Amid Biased Coverage of Israel Conflict

They can make it for it in volume by re-defining how long 'primetime' is.

Posted by: t-bird at October 14, 2023 10:31 AM (bt2PN)

198 I'm no expert on Islam, but doesn't it seem a little weird that "brave jihadis" eager for martyrdom would go out to murder babies, then run away and hide behind their mothers and wives when actual enemy soldiers show up.

I mean, that's more like what I'd consider a "coward"
than a "brave warrior", but I'll admit that I'm not an expert on the multicultural shit. Maybe in "their culture" hiding counts as "bravery" or something.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:31 AM (Y6AXb)

199 US set an all time record for oil production in Oct.
13.2 barrels per day.
Biden says "Drill baby drill!"
Global (and yes we pay global price) price remains high because of oil production cut backs by Trump's friends the Russians and the Saudis
And if course both countries have given diplomatic Support and more to Hamas .

Posted by: Paul at October 14, 2023 10:31 AM (t9Ett)

200 Pixy had some comments about that in the overnight tech thread.

Apparently it got curb stomped even in the communist regions of the country.
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Yes, circa 60:40 against is a pretty resounding win. Just like in Canada when we had a referendum on giving Quebec and the Indians "special recognition" in the constitution [without defining what "special" meant].

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:31 AM (krqg6)

201 Once, I Was a Peace Advocate. Now, I Have No Idealism Left.

Yeah, well, dude, Albert Einstein was a pacifist, but nonetheless recognized that the Nazis getting nuclear weapons first would have been a Very Bad Thing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:28 AM (Y6AXb)

He was a pacifist and a socialist who admired Lenin. He said his one regret in life was writing that letter to convince FDR to start the atomic research process . This dude will go back to his pacifism once the smoke clears.

Posted by: Drive By at October 14, 2023 10:31 AM (MNhXM)

202 Minnesota Woman Who Advocated for Palestinian Rights and Protested Against Israeli Actions Killed by Hamas Alongside Husband.
Hmm how'd that work out for yous?

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at October 14, 2023 10:31 AM (YyRSv)

203 Off to the bank to deposit a check I couldn't deposit yesterday because they closed at 5pm, lobby and drive-thru. On a Friday! Grrr!

Banker's hours are getting shorter and shorter.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 10:32 AM (4I/2K)

204 What kind of upside down crazy ass world is it when LeBron is the good guy?

Lebron James Faces Heated Backlash After Condemning Attacks On Israel

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:32 AM (FVME7)

205 Another generation being red pilled.

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:33 AM (V13WU)

206 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 3h
BREAKING: France says it will deploy up to 7,000 soldiers after declaring a maximum level alert following the fatal stabbing of a teacher

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:35 AM (krqg6)

207 203 Off to the bank to deposit a check I couldn't deposit yesterday because they closed at 5pm, lobby and drive-thru. On a Friday! Grrr!

Banker's hours are getting shorter and shorter.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 10:32 AM (4I/2K)

Why do you not use a mobile app to deposit checks?

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:35 AM (bWsRe)

208 Kind of amazing what a kick in the teeth will do. A lot of former soft on Islamic terrorism types are suddenly being red pilled. Only took 1300 dead Israelis to wake them up. The people who are still pro Palestine are the enemy. Good to know they are outing themselves

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 14, 2023 10:35 AM (4bEcP)

209 Rodrigo- if your a reader getting History of Jihsd Mo to ISIS might help you understand the Islam goal

Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 10:35 AM (fwDg9)

210 Can someone make coffee and bring it to me? I'd really appreciate it.
Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2023 10:28 AM (1Yy3c)

=====

No problem. Be there in about a week.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2023 10:35 AM (W9fmc)

211 50 willowed:
345 I do believe the so-called "two state solution" is now dead for good, because almost everyone in Israel now realizes it was never any "solution" at all. Most of them wanted to believe, just like many people in the US wanted to believe, that you could buy peace by handing out gifts to psychopaths. They have finally learned the hard way that they can't.

The so-called "Two-state Solution" has always been a cover for the real agenda: a Final Solution.

Posted by: "Palestinians" want genocide not coexistence at October 14, 2023 10:36 AM (WSArw)

212 Why do you not use a mobile app to deposit checks?
Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:35 AM (bWsRe)

Because I'm an out and proud Luddite. These new ways frighten and confuse me.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 10:36 AM (4I/2K)

213 Once, I Was a Peace Advocate. Now, I Have No Idealism Left.

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In her introduction to her history of the beginning of WWI, The Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman tells of a French author who dedicates his book to the simple minded socialist peace activist he used to be but is no more.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:37 AM (FVME7)

214 203 Off to the bank to deposit a check I couldn't deposit yesterday because they closed at 5pm, lobby and drive-thru. On a Friday! Grrr!

Banker's hours are getting shorter and shorter.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 10:32 AM (4I/2K)

Can't you deposit at the bank's ATM?

Posted by: Most have one. Sometimes two. at October 14, 2023 10:37 AM (WSArw)

215 On a LinkedIn job post where companies list their benefits, I saw one that provided 14 weeks for maternity/paternity leave plus an additional 4 weeks for the *birthing person*.

Just like all woke things, it starts out in colleges, we laugh at it. And within a few years it's in every HR department.

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:37 AM (bWsRe)

216 This past week we closed a checking account and received a Cashiers Check for one cent. No amount of telling them to keep the penny did any good.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 10:37 AM (aD39U)

217 167 If you'll take $1 off, I'll bring back the sun!
Posted by: Count de Monet, at the garage sale later today at October 14, 2023 10:18 AM (4I/2K)

I laffed.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 14, 2023 10:38 AM (OX9vb)

218 A late good morning and prayers up for all those listed & subsequently requested. Thanks also to those who share stories of their blessings. Good news is certainly welcome this week.

May the Lord continue to bless us and keep us, and may we be his hands and feet here on Earth.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 14, 2023 10:38 AM (QyWX+)

219 No problem. Be there in about a week.
Posted by: Jordan61
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Jordan...always ready to serve!!🤪😂🤣

Posted by: lin-duh at October 14, 2023 10:38 AM (QBwwm)

220 AP/CP phrasing...

Republicans have chosen Rep. Jim Jordan, a Trump ally, as their new nominee for U.S. House Speaker.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:38 AM (krqg6)

221
194 Can someone make coffee and bring it to me? I'd really appreciate it.

Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2023 10:28 AM (1Yy3c)
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Hold your mug up to the USP port.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 10:30 AM (llXky)
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I believe one can also get sugar and cream by using the Ethernet port for java.

Posted by: Ciampino - use the megabit port at October 14, 2023 10:38 AM (qfLjt)

222 Because I'm an out and proud Luddite. These new ways frighten and confuse me.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 10:36 AM (4I/2K)

__

I can respect that.

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:38 AM (bWsRe)

223 So wait, it's the f'in weekend and you can deposit a check but you couldn't yesterday late?

Posted by: JEM at October 14, 2023 10:38 AM (8erNz)

224 I read that law students are now deleting their social media posts in favor of Hamas, because at least one company has withdrawn a job offer for such posts.

I guess their dedication to the Pali cause isn't as deep as they say it is.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:39 AM (I/Qkd)

225 AP/CP phrasing...

Republicans have chosen Rep. Jim Jordan, a Trump ally, as their new nominee for U.S. House Speaker.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:38 AM (krqg6)

Sleeve Status:

[X] Rolled Up
[_] Other than Rolled Up

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 10:40 AM (aD39U)

226 Why do you not use a mobile app to deposit checks?
Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:35 AM (bWsRe

I assume you’re for switching to just digital currency. No cash.

Posted by: Drive By at October 14, 2023 10:40 AM (MNhXM)

227 Sleeve Status:

[X] Rolled Up
[_] Other than Rolled Up
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 10:40 AM (aD39U)

👍

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:40 AM (V13WU)

228 I have no payment app like Venmo, Zelle, or paypal... people look at me strangely when I give cash...

Posted by: lin-duh at October 14, 2023 10:41 AM (QBwwm)

229 Beliefs today are fashionable, not spiritual.

Posted by: pawn at October 14, 2023 10:41 AM (5g9YU)

230
I'm no expert on Islam, but doesn't it seem a little weird that "brave jihadis" eager for martyrdom would go out to murder babies, then run away and hide behind their mothers and wives when actual enemy soldiers show up.

I mean, that's more like what I'd consider a "coward"
than a "brave warrior", but I'll admit that I'm not an expert on the multicultural shit. Maybe in "their culture" hiding counts as "bravery" or something.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:31 AM (Y6AXb)

Goes back to old school arab tribal raiding culture. Same shit, different century.

These uncivilized mohammedan savages are basically stupid monkeys. I'm convinced of this because of 20+ years of watching jihadi video clips where they chant allah snackbar over and over again when guns are shooting or blowing shit up, LITERALLY sounding like a pack of monkeys. Doesn't matter if they're hitting their targets (practice or live), doesn't matter if they're getting shredded by US Marines hosing them down with SAW fire. It's always "guns shooting, so chant like a primate".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 14, 2023 10:41 AM (n+4am)

231 When Ludd is right you are a Luddite

Posted by: JEM at October 14, 2023 10:41 AM (8erNz)

232 226 Why do you not use a mobile app to deposit checks?
Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:35 AM (bWsRe

I assume you’re for switching to just digital currency. No cash.
Posted by: Drive By at October 14, 2023 10:40 AM (MNhXM)

More or less yeah. I very rarely use cash for anything. And yes I know, this way everyone can track what I'm doing.

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:41 AM (bWsRe)

233 > Why do you not use a mobile app to deposit checks?
Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:35 AM (bWsRe)

I don't know about Count de Money, but one of my banks limits remote check deposits to $2,000. No, I have no idea why (it's not just me, the policy applies to all customers).

If I get a check for > $2,000, I have to go deposit it in a different, physical bank.

Banking regulations are some weird-assed shit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:42 AM (Y6AXb)

234 Clemson University Students March in Protest of University Removing Tampons From Men's Bathrooms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:25 AM (FVME7)

A clear symptom of "...weak men make hard times."

Imagine this being the biggest issue in your life.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 14, 2023 10:42 AM (OX9vb)

235 Record 49% of Americans Say Living Standards Are Eroding under Biden

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I guss 51% are on drugs.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:42 AM (FVME7)

236 We have cash stashed about in case of emergency. If Mrs928 and I were to suddenly die, it would be like a Search for Curly's Gold for our survivors.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 10:42 AM (aD39U)

237 > These uncivilized mohammedan savages are basically stupid monkeys.

A few thousand years of marrying first cousins might have something to do with that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:43 AM (Y6AXb)

238 These uncivilized mohammedan savages are basically stupid monkeys. I'm convinced of this because of 20+ years of watching jihadi video clips where they chant allah snackbar over and over again when guns are shooting or blowing shit up, LITERALLY sounding like a pack of monkeys. Doesn't matter if they're hitting their targets (practice or live), doesn't matter if they're getting shredded by US Marines hosing them down with SAW fire. It's always "guns shooting, so chant like a primate".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 14, 2023 10:41 AM (n+4am)

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Good obeservation.

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:43 AM (bWsRe)

239 Owen Gregorian @OwenGregorian 1h
TX Gov. Abbott Installs Razor Wire Fence Along Border -- With New Mexico
Abbott said he is installing the barrier because migrants are coming into the US via New Mexico before crossing into Texas

Texas is installing razor wire on its border — with New Mexico.

Republican governor Greg Abbott said in a post on X Tuesday he is doing so because migrants are coming into the U.S. via New Mexico and Mexico’s border before crossing into Texas.

“We are stopping it,” he said.

Images at the border between southern New Mexico and western Texas, just north of El Paso, Texas, show the Texas National Guard installing the razor wire.

The move comes as Abbott has taken border enforcement into his own hands, putting empty shipping containers in points along Texas’s border with Mexico and creating a floating barrier of buoys in parts of the Rio Grande where migrants cross into the U.S.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:43 AM (krqg6)

240 I looked at a list of the Repubs who voted against Scalise for SoH, and why. Most of the comments were along the lines of "I'm supporting Jordan", or "the process was rushed", rather than being explicitly anti-Scalise.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:43 AM (I/Qkd)

241 Present

Posted by: DB - at October 14, 2023 10:44 AM (geLO8)

242 I guess their dedication to the Pali cause isn't as deep as they say it is.

It just went deeper. You'd think Deception would be the first course every law student takes.

Posted by: t-bird at October 14, 2023 10:44 AM (bt2PN)

243 Funny thing, I used a CC to pay for some things at Cabela's... it showed up on the statement as a men's haircut place!?!? Sure, $200+ for a men's haircut. Fine by me!

Posted by: lin-duh at October 14, 2023 10:44 AM (QBwwm)

244 I have some cash in my safe in the house as well. But that's for when the shit hits the fan. And even then I wonder if cash will even have any value. If we go past a few days of "the system" being down, all the cash in the world won't do you any good.

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:45 AM (bWsRe)

245 Clemson University Students March in Protest of University Removing Tampons From Men's Bathrooms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:25 AM (FVME7)

A clear symptom of "...weak men make hard times."

Imagine this being the biggest issue in your life.

I think you're forgetting the all-important "hot chicks will like me if I do this" motivation.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2023 10:45 AM (I/Qkd)

246 Can't you deposit at the bank's ATM?
Posted by: Most have one. Sometimes two. at October 14, 2023 10:37 AM (WSArw)

Former GF did that all the time with BoA. Had many misfires and angry followup calls to BoA Customer Service. Then I had to sit there and let her rant about it to me, in order to get fun sexy time later.

I suspect the problem was on her end (true blonde), but kept my mouth shut.

No thanks, prefer giving my paper script to a live human. Wish they would bring back the smiling kind lady who'd stamp my Passbook Savings booklet with every deposit.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 10:45 AM (4I/2K)

247 > Texas is installing razor wire on its border — with New Mexico.

And the cohesiveness of the United States as a nation disintegrates a little bit more.

(to make it clear, I'm not blaming Texas for this)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:45 AM (Y6AXb)

248 More or less yeah. I very rarely use cash for anything. And yes I know, this way everyone can track what I'm doing.
Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:41 AM (bWsRe)

It’s not the tracking that bothers me. It’s the ability to freeze your access anytime they choose.

Posted by: Drive By at October 14, 2023 10:46 AM (MNhXM)

249 Prayers up. It's rough out there, so I pray that God lightens our burdens and gives us strength to handle it all, and grant us wisdom in our day to day.

Posted by: Moki at October 14, 2023 10:47 AM (JrN/x)

250 We have cash stashed about in case of emergency.

My ex-wife's grandparents did this. After her uncles got them committed to a home the house got trashed by the families. Every object smashed.

The walls pounded in. Floor tore up. Everything torn to pieces.

Dug up the yard in several places.

Freaking unbeliveable.

Posted by: pawn at October 14, 2023 10:47 AM (5g9YU)

251 > Sure, $200+ for a men's haircut. Fine by me!
Posted by: lin-duh at October 14, 2023 10:44 AM (QBwwm)

Seems reasonable to me. And that doesn't even take into account the cost to have Air Force One idling on the runway while I got it.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at October 14, 2023 10:47 AM (Y6AXb)

252
Just be sure that your Horde cash stash in the self-storage locker is kept covered and dry, and spray for silverfish weekly.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 14, 2023 10:48 AM (n+4am)

253 It’s not the tracking that bothers me. It’s the ability to freeze your access anytime they choose.
Posted by: Drive By
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👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻
**THIS**

Posted by: lin-duh at October 14, 2023 10:48 AM (QBwwm)

254 I use cash for certain purchases and services. At the gas pump it saves a bit, and avoids any card skimmers. My barber always gets paid cash, he appreciates it. Some meals out where I don't want to get involved with their card payment system.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 14, 2023 10:48 AM (MeG8a)

255 I don't know about Count de Money, but one of my banks limits remote check deposits to $2,000. No, I have no idea why (it's not just me, the policy applies to all customers).

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Wow that is low. My big evil MegaBank used to have $10K as the limit. It raises it a couple of $1000s every now and then. I think it's up to $18K now. ATM withdrawals used to be $500 not long ago. Now it's $1500.

Kinda shows you what the true inflation rate is.

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:48 AM (bWsRe)

256 So wait, it's the f'in weekend and you can deposit a check but you couldn't yesterday late?
Posted by: JEM at October 14, 2023 10:38 AM (8erNz)

Yes, Saturdays 9-12 the bank's drive thru window is open. At least it has been. I'll soon find out.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 10:48 AM (4I/2K)

257 202
Here's the link.
Minnesota woman, husband who advocated for Palestinian rights killed by Hamas
https://trib.al/l9XSv4P

Posted by: Ciampino - used the megabit port at October 14, 2023 10:48 AM (qfLjt)

258 The walls pounded in. Floor tore up. Everything torn to pieces.

Dug up the yard in several places.

Imagine the Menendez house, where you'd be looking for gold bars.

Posted by: t-bird at October 14, 2023 10:49 AM (bt2PN)

259
It’s not the tracking that bothers me. It’s the ability to freeze your access anytime they choose.
Posted by: Drive By at October 14, 2023 10:46 AM (MNhXM)

They can already do that to your bank accounts. Look at what happened to the trucker protesters in Canada.

Posted by: Fascists gonna fascist no matter what at October 14, 2023 10:50 AM (WSArw)

260 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 5h
BREAKING: Israel army says killed Hamas commander who led attack

Israel Defense Forces @IDF 5h
Ali Qadi led the inhumane, barbaric October 7 massacre of civilians in Israel.

We just eliminated him.
All Hamas terrorists will meet the same fate.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:50 AM (krqg6)

261 > Imagine the Menendez house, where you'd be looking for gold bars.
Posted by: t-bird at October 14, 2023 10:49 AM (bt2PN)

Imagine the Biden house, where you'd be looking for dead hookers and cocaine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 14, 2023 10:51 AM (Y6AXb)

262 Captiv8, the California ad agency behind Bud Light's disastrous Dylan Mulvaney marketing campaign, has fired 30 employees, about 20% of its workforce, the New York Post reports.

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Custer's 7th Cavalry also not prospering.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 10:51 AM (FVME7)

263 I have some cash in my safe in the house as well. But that's for when the shit hits the fan. And even then I wonder if cash will even have any value. If we go past a few days of "the system" being down, all the cash in the world won't do you any good.
Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:45 AM (bWsRe)

Silver, gold, and brass.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 14, 2023 10:51 AM (zYaEn)

264 They can already do that to your bank accounts. Look at what happened to the trucker protesters in Canada.
Posted by: Fascists gonna fascist no matter what at October 14, 2023 10:50 AM (WSArw)

Pro Tip: Don't move to Canada.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 10:51 AM (aD39U)

265 We have cash stashed about in case of emergency. If Mrs928 and I were to suddenly die, it would be like a Search for Curly's Gold for our survivors.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 10:42 AM (aD39U)

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Heh. We have cash stashed as well, but son knows where it is. I also made him an Excel spreadsheet with hyperlinks to all the websites and passwords for all the bills, banking, and investment accounts.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2023 10:52 AM (W9fmc)

266 The walls pounded in. Floor tore up. Everything torn to pieces.

Dug up the yard in several places.

Imagine the Menendez house, where you'd be looking for gold bars.
Posted by: t-bird at October 14, 2023 10:49 AM (bt2PN)

We'll be right over to help.

Posted by: Oak Island Boys at October 14, 2023 10:52 AM (4I/2K)

267 It’s not the tracking that bothers me. It’s the ability to freeze your access anytime they choose.
Posted by: Drive By at October 14, 2023 10:46 AM (MNhXM)

They can already do that to your bank accounts. Look at what happened to the trucker protesters in Canada.
Posted by: Fascists gonna fascist no matter what at October 14, 2023 10:50 AM (WSArw)

Yes that is why I’m against switching to a digital currency system. At least now you have options. In the dystopian digital currency world, they have you over a barrel.

Posted by: Drive By at October 14, 2023 10:52 AM (MNhXM)

268 My wife will throw down $200 to get her hair did without batting an eye. I stopped trying to understand that scam long ago.

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:52 AM (bWsRe)

269 Former GF did that all the time with BoA. Had many misfires and angry followup calls to BoA Customer Service. Then I had to sit there and let her rant about it to me, in order to get fun sexy time later.
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That sounds like something Ray Barone would do to Debra!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:53 AM (krqg6)

270 There's always money in the Banana Stand, pawn.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:54 AM (krqg6)

271 We have happy news - yesterday DD#3 got married and DD#1 gave birth to our 2nd grandson!

Life is good.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AOS Ladies Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at October 14, 2023 10:54 AM (SRRAx)

272 Is there any explanation for why the spot price of gold has actually gone down this year? I would have expected it to rise as a hedge against inflation.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 10:54 AM (aD39U)

273 This is the same family where the brothers took out an insurance policy on the one brother who was a drunk and then took him out drinking and he ended up drowning on his own vomit in the back of his car.

Posted by: pawn at October 14, 2023 10:54 AM (5g9YU)

274 196 Sobriety...I pray every day for that. And I pray for all the other drunks, yes outing myself
Posted by: JEM at October 14, 2023 10:30 AM (8erNz)

No joke. Prayers for you, JEM. It took an out-of-control event at my house to get someone sober. There's drinking, and there's being a drunk, and the two are not the same.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 14, 2023 10:55 AM (OX9vb)

275 My wife sez she doesn't understand cloning.

I read that as "clothing"

Posted by: JT at October 14, 2023 10:55 AM (T4tVD)

276 Slipping into airplane mode. Sew y'all in Corsicana!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 10:56 AM (xehp/)

277 Great Mystery Click MisHum !

Posted by: JT at October 14, 2023 10:56 AM (T4tVD)

278 It’s not the tracking that bothers me. It’s the ability to freeze your access anytime they choose.
Posted by: Drive By
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👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻
**THIS**
Posted by: lin-duh
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Mycroft Holmes did that a couple of times to Dr Watson in the Sherlock series to get his attention not to mention Freedom Trucker donors here.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 10:56 AM (krqg6)

279 I look for the government to roll common people's savings into social security within a few years. Turn that savings into gold silver brass and lead.

Posted by: Eromero at October 14, 2023 10:57 AM (KiuiP)

280 272 Is there any explanation for why the spot price of gold has actually gone down this year? I would have expected it to rise as a hedge against inflation.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 10:54 AM (aD39U)

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These things are always forward looking. If the expectation is inflation will or has slowed down, there's less demand for gold. It's like how stock markets are valued based on what people will happen a year from now, not what is happening currently.

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:57 AM (bWsRe)

281 My wife sez she doesn't understand cloning.

I read that as "clothing"

Don't you mean "croning"?

Posted by: The Craw at October 14, 2023 10:57 AM (I/Qkd)

282 Kinda shows you what the true inflation rate is.
Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:48 AM (bWsRe)

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I use credit cards for virtually everything. A couple of years ago if I used it to get gas it would show as a pending transaction for $100 until the transaction posted with the actual amount. Now it's up to $150 or $175 depending on the gas station.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2023 10:57 AM (W9fmc)

283 Off to the bank to deposit a check I couldn't deposit yesterday because they closed at 5pm, lobby and drive-thru. On a Friday! Grrr!

Banker's hours are getting shorter and shorter.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2023 10:32 AM (4I/2K)

You can't make a deposit at the ATM at the bank? Our bank has 24 ATM (drive-up and lobby) where most banking activities can be carried out, including depositing cash or checks. Very convenient. You can log onto your account on line and view an image of the check as well.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at October 14, 2023 10:57 AM (h4nev)

284 Teresa, that's fantastic!! A wedding and a grandbaby on the same day! Congrats!

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 14, 2023 10:58 AM (aBJcM)

285 Is there any explanation for why the spot price of gold has actually gone down this year? I would have expected it to rise as a hedge against inflation.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 10:54 AM (aD39U)

gold is a commodity priced in dolars, dollar is too strong, so gold too expensive to buy for foreign investors, demand down, price down

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:58 AM (V13WU)

286 Sew? Dammit, autocucumber!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 14, 2023 10:58 AM (xehp/)

287 Life is good.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AOS Ladies Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at October 14, 2023 10:54 AM (SRRAx)

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Congratulations!

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2023 10:58 AM (W9fmc)

288 Heh. We have cash stashed as well, but son knows where it is. I also made him an Excel spreadsheet with hyperlinks to all the websites and passwords for all the bills, banking, and investment accounts.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October

“Hello! This is [pause] Sam from Microsoft software update headquarters. We have detected a virus in your system. We will need access to your computer to fix it for you…”

Posted by: LASue at October 14, 2023 10:58 AM (A2DKz)

289 If you haven't, CJN Speaks is fantastic this week

Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 10:58 AM (fwDg9)

290 Safe travels RMBS! See you soon!

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2023 10:59 AM (W9fmc)

291 275 My wife sez she doesn't understand cloning.

I read that as "clothing"
Posted by: JT at October 14, 2023 10:55 AM (T4tVD)

YOU don't understand clothing! Well at least that's what I get told.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 10:59 AM (i9ffA)

292 plus the Fed raising rates, gold less attractive

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:59 AM (V13WU)

293 My wife will throw down $200 to get her hair did without batting an eye. I stopped trying to understand that scam long ago.
Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:52 AM (bWsRe)

Take a class in Hair Styling and charge her One Fiddy !

Posted by: JT at October 14, 2023 11:00 AM (T4tVD)

294 Is there any explanation for why the spot price of gold has actually gone down this year? I would have expected it to rise as a hedge against inflation.
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Stock market is still doing okay, IMHO.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 11:00 AM (krqg6)

295 gold is a commodity priced in dolars, dollar is too strong, so gold too expensive to buy for foreign investors, demand down, price down
Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 10:58 AM (V13WU)

Hmm. I think that is a better explanation than Moo's. It doesn't make any sense to me that gold was considerably higher when inflation was a stable 2% than it is today.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 11:01 AM (aD39U)

296 “Hello! This is [pause] Sam from Microsoft software update headquarters. We have detected a virus in your system. We will need access to your computer to fix it for you…”
Posted by: LASue at October 14, 2023 10:58 AM (A2DKz)

"Sorry, uh, 'Sam', but all that info is on an external hard drive that is never connected to the internet, so, FOAD. Nyah!"

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at October 14, 2023 11:01 AM (h4nev)

297 Is there any explanation for why the spot price of gold has actually gone down this year? I would have expected it to rise as a hedge against inflation.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 10:54 AM (aD39U)
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It could be because cash-strapped countries/individuals are forced to sell it, pushing the supply up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 11:02 AM (llXky)

298 Did everyone survive the Day of Global Jihad, promoted by the usual western media sources to reinforce hatred for Muslims and scare you into supporting a larger war in far away lands?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at October 14, 2023 11:03 AM (1vggi)

299 186 This outrage screams out for justice!

Clemson University Students March in Protest of University Removing Tampons From Men's Bathrooms

And the tampons they put back better be Orange-colored!

Posted by: Clemson student at October 14, 2023 11:04 AM (PiwSw)

300 Stock market is still doing okay, IMHO.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 11:00 AM (krqg6)

Maybe that too. I was shorting the market on Monday and had to bail when the broad market went up.

I was thinking that war in the Middle East would be a damper on economies. Shows what I know.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 11:04 AM (aD39U)

301 268 My wife will throw down $200 to get her hair did without batting an eye. I stopped trying to understand that scam long ago.
Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 10:52 AM (bWsRe)

Holy...really? I can't even imagine.

But then, I keep mine long, and get a trim once a year or two.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 14, 2023 11:04 AM (OX9vb)

302 15 Jude is my son's middle name.

That's obscure.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 14, 2023 11:06 AM (roH4R)

303 Dear morons thank you for your prayers

We had a pizza party at Paul's house last night to celebrate his birthday. I'm thankful for the opportunity to tell my friend how much I love him.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 14, 2023 11:06 AM (y9SBL)

304 We have lots, and lots, and lots, and lots of gold.

Posted by: runner, with quotes from some dead people at October 14, 2023 11:06 AM (V13WU)

305 302 15 Jude is my son's middle name.

That's obscure.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 14, 2023 11:06 AM (roH4R)

Thomas Hardy!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the English Major at October 14, 2023 11:07 AM (PiwSw)

306 New York Post
@nypost
Dozens of protesters demanding US end Israel aid arrested outside Schumer’s NYC home
. . . .
Local lawmakers were among dozens of demonstrators demanding a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war who were arrested outside New York Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Brooklyn home on Friday night, according to police sources.
Hundreds of people gathered at the Grand Army Plaza for the rally, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace — a self-described anti-Zionist activist group — before marching a few blocks to the senator’s Park Slope residence and blocking the street.
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At a nearby pier, Tuna For Starkist protested fishing restrictions.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 11:07 AM (FVME7)

307 Prayers up for alla Youse !

Posted by: JT at October 14, 2023 11:07 AM (T4tVD)

308 Life is good.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AOS Ladies Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at October 14, 2023 10:54 AM (SRRAx)
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Indeed! There is a tendency for us to focus on the negative, on the things we want but can't get, or on all the problems of the world that we cannot solve. Carping about California, or Biden, or the Trump Wars - all of this is out of our hands.

But our family, our loved ones, our community, our parish - these are things that touch us daily. We must not become the online creatures who are alienated from everyone but their facebook "friends" and who no longer understand how to make human contact.

Since I cut myself off from news, I have more time to do simple kind things, and I'm scouring the parish bulletin for things to do. I feel so much better, and my kids are starting to do the same, taking screen breaks, going on walks. There is so much good in front of us if we will just open our eyes and see it!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 11:08 AM (llXky)

309 See you later.

Oddly enough, I have to cash a paper cheque [all cash; no deposit] and then go grocery shopping.

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 14, 2023 11:09 AM (krqg6)

310 “Hello! This is [pause] Sam from Microsoft software update headquarters. We have detected a virus in your system. We will need access to your computer to fix it for you…”
Posted by: LASue at October 14, 2023 10:58 AM (A2DKz)

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LOL. It's on a thumb drive in the safe.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2023 11:09 AM (W9fmc)

311 My wife sez she doesn't understand cloning.

I read that as "clothing"
Posted by: JT

Lizzo doesn't understand clothing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 14, 2023 11:09 AM (FVME7)

312 Hundreds of people gathered at the Grand Army Plaza for the rally, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace — a self-described anti-Zionist activist group

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Weird how there's never a Palestinian Voice for Peace group.

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 11:10 AM (bWsRe)

313 Minnesota woman, husband who advocated for Palestinian rights killed by Hamas
https://trib.al/l9XSv4P

Posted by: Ciampino - used the megabit port at October 14, 2023 10:48 AM (qfLjt)

“Whenever there was a military operation, [she] would always protest,” Keren said, “…because you don’t treat human beings like that no matter what their religious belief is and what their ethnicity is.”

Guess hamas didn't get the message.

Posted by: BignJames at October 14, 2023 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

314 A.H., I can't remember if I told you this, but I really enjoyed Battle Officer Wolf.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the English Major at October 14, 2023 11:10 AM (PiwSw)

315 >>>Can someone make coffee and bring it to me? I'd really appreciate it.
Posted by: Robert

>The only way I deliver coffee is when it's flavored with whiskey.

Hair o' the dog, buttercup!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 14, 2023 11:11 AM (KVGVf)

316 Raining here.

Posted by: JT at October 14, 2023 11:11 AM (T4tVD)

317 A.H. Lloyd, it's the little things.

Posted by: Eromero at October 14, 2023 11:11 AM (KiuiP)

318 298 Did everyone survive the Day of Global Jihad, promoted by the usual western media sources to reinforce hatred for Muslims and scare you into supporting a larger war in far away lands?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at October 14, 2023 11:03 AM (1vggi)

Day of Global Jihad, from the Babylon Bee; not even really satire, since this is exactly how I felt yesterday.

"Texans Strangely Unconcerned About Global Day Of Jihad"

https://tinyurl.com/3v5fwfm8

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 11:11 AM (i9ffA)

319 The relics of St. Jude are an example of this. We got word of it happening last month, and I decided we should make a big deal out of it, a major event for the family. My wife was sold from the start, but the kids started to get excited, even the fallen away one expressed curiosity (showing she's not that far gone).

And then the day came, we went, we talked about it, made more plans for more things and while I've got a mountain of problems I'm dealing with (car repairs being a big one), that's something I can look past because it's not really that important. A way will be found, but when will we be able to touch a sacred relic in our hometown again?

Don't get buried in the details, take time for God.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 11:12 AM (llXky)

320 A.H., I can't remember if I told you this, but I really enjoyed Battle Officer Wolf.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the English Major at October 14, 2023 11:10 AM (PiwSw)
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Glad you liked it! I'm at a pause in writing at the moment, so I'm not sure what I will work on next. Walls of Men took a lot out of me, that's for sure.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 14, 2023 11:13 AM (llXky)

321 Holy...really? I can't even imagine.

But then, I keep mine long, and get a trim once a year or two.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 14, 2023 11:04 AM (OX9vb)

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It's not the cutting itself. It's the layering and highlights and all the other shit. Or so I've been told. Luckily it's only 2-3 ties a year. Which if you add it all up, isn't too much more than what I spend on haircuts in a year.

Posted by: Montec at October 14, 2023 11:13 AM (bWsRe)

322 Raining here.
Posted by: JT at October 14, 2023 11:11 AM (T4tVD)

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Here too. Which is a bummer because we're fairly close to the path of totality.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2023 11:14 AM (S6ST5)

323 Dozens of protesters demanding US end Israel aid arrested outside Schumer’s NYC home

Chuck "Six Ways from Sunday" Schumer? That's risky without an invite. I'm going to assume he arranged this little party and kept it small so as not to disturb his neighbors.

Posted by: t-bird at October 14, 2023 11:15 AM (bt2PN)

324 Diversity Nood

Posted by: Nood Dude at October 14, 2023 11:15 AM (ZC8hN)

325 bright and sunny in East Texas - should be a good show!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2023 11:15 AM (i9ffA)

326 We have happy news - yesterday DD#3 got married and DD#1 gave birth to our 2nd grandson!

Life is good.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AOS Ladies Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at October 14, 2023 10:54 AM (SRRAx)

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Congratulations, Grandma!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 14, 2023 11:19 AM (QyWX+)

327

I forget who asked about Vic, he died months ago.

Posted by: Randy at October 14, 2023 11:23 AM (nHD46)

328 I forget who asked about Vic, he died months ago.
Posted by: Randy at October 14, 2023 11:23 AM (nHD46)

Well that is sad if true. I know he commented a month ago but that is the most recent I remember.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2023 11:31 AM (aD39U)

329 >>>Drink proper coffee
That's a great reminder. I'll go do that now.

Posted by: m at October 14, 2023 11:41 AM (SbC6h)

330 I'm thankful for the opportunity to tell my friend how much I love him.

That's wonderful.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at October 14, 2023 11:41 AM (iF0sF)

331 Raining and have charcoal on fire pit

Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 12:02 PM (fwDg9)

332 Wheredid everyone go?

Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2023 12:13 PM (fwDg9)

333 I forget who asked about Vic, he died months ago.
Posted by: Randy at October 14, 2023 11:23 AM (nHD46)

Is there a link to an obit or did a family member post this info?
I'm so sad to read this. Vic, you are in my thoughts.

Posted by: old chick at October 14, 2023 01:36 PM (sOete)

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